Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...

In a world obsessed with aesthetic perfection, wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that celebrates the beauty of the passage of time. This age-old approach is enjoying a revival in Western ...

Carolyn Wargula is Assistant Professor of Art History. She is a specialist of Japanese Buddhist ... Her forthcoming book project, Embodied Embroideries: Gender, Agency, and the Body in Japanese ...