Buddhist art has been created over two millennia across India, China, Japan and throughout Asia ... art to have come down to us from this very early period,” he said over the phone.

“It is an exhibition dedicated to Buddhist and Shinto art that only the Nara ... Jingu shrine and symbolizes Japan’s diplomatic relations with the ancient Korean Peninsula.

The Japanese art form of ikebana dates back to ancient times and has evolved through ... are traced to the “kuge” flower offerings at Buddhist temples dating back to about the 7 th century ...

It is certainly the case that ancient materials ... Shōtoku had on Japan’s transformational adoption of foreign culture in the Asuka period (593–710). During his era, Buddhism had a ...

Nelson says that while Japanese society is largely secular, events frequently drive them back to ancient traditions ... The rituals of Shinto and Buddhism permeate Japanese life.