Kamakura, surrounded by hilly terrain on three sides and facing the sea to the south, has surprisingly little flat land for a city that was the seat of government 800 years ago during the Kamakura ...
TOKYO (Japan News/ANN) -- A group of precious Buddhist statues from the Kamakura period (the late 12th century to 1333), including three known to be by famed Buddhist sculptor Unkei, are the main ...
NEW YORK, February 9, 2016—Asia Society Museum presents the first major loan show of Kamakura sculpture in the United States in more than thirty years. "Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the ...
The sales will include Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on September 18, Fine Chinese Paintings on September 19, and Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art on September 20.
The Heian period (794-1185) was followed by 700 years of warrior governments—the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Tokugawa. The civil government at the imperial court continued, but the real rulers of the ...
1: The Scholarship of John Whitney Hall: A Personal View -- 2: The Mixing of Past and Present: Anachronism in Japanese History -- 3: Yoritomo and Feudalism -- 4: Identity, Personal Names, and Kamakura ...
Teachers are encouraged to read “Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with ...