Collections: Asian Art

  • 1st Floor
    Arts of Africa, Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
  • 2nd Floor
    Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
  • 3rd Floor
    Egyptian Art, European Paintings
  • 4th Floor
    Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
  • 5th Floor
    Luce Center for American Art

On View: Statuette of Hathor

The complex nature of Egyptian deities is often indicated by their attributes. Osiris’s tightly wrapped mummy shroud and his crook and...

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige's 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.

    On View: Amulet of Rabbit

    Living persons wore only one or a few amulets at a time, but mummies usually bear many amulets. The Ma’at amulet (no. 2) and heart sca...

     

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    Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu, No. 77 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoShiba Shinmei Shrine and Zojoji Temple, No. 79 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoKanasugi Bridge and Shibaura, No. 80 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoUshimachi, Takanawa, No. 81 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoShinagawa Susaki, No. 83 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoMoon-Viewing Point, No. 82 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoGrandpas Teahouse, Meguro, No. 84 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoKinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike, No. 85 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoNaito Shinjuku, Yotsuya, No. 86 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoMoon Pine, Ueno, No. 89 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoTakinogawa, Oji, No. 88 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoInside Akiba Shrine, Ukeji, No. 91 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoMokuboji Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, Gozensaihata, No. 92 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoMaple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge, No. 94 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoView of Konodai and the Tone River, No. 95 from One Hundred Famous Views of EdoFive Pines, Onagi Canal, No. 97 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
     
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    "here we are travellers across the river of life and time across samsara, of cycles we are such beings such energy bundles in an almost endless crossing so remember than the name of Amida remember his face of wisdom his hand of radiance there is no darkness in our journey that is not lit by wisdom there is no fear in our hearts that is not subdued by compassion so remember then Amida the radiant one in the Zenkoji temple repeat the name of Amida as you cross the ocean of samsara for that name is radiance that is wisdom, that is the means - that name Amida, Amida, Amida Amitabha of Zenkoji temple "
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    "Netsuke depicting 2 men drinking Dancing Man: My right foot up and my left hand on my head Oh this sake brings me Heavenly fever; sake purifies my heart and the gods are pleased and I dance like the Shinto spirits of old Man with the cup: Oh, drink and be merry be lifted high in the air by sake and its spirit; the Toji has done well a master brewer he; and dance you well in this ecstasy and while your eyes are towards the gods I’ll steal a sip or two that shall build into more than a cup for me: O dance in the spirit of sake - another cup I hold ready for you, always "
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    "Head of an Ascetic speaks restraint, control and moderation abstinence and severe renunciation of all effort, emotions and wants these lead one to knowledge of oneself - this is the message I send you, those who come, countless of you after when I am gone It is now, as it will be in all times... anxiety, violence and change parochialism, pain and disorder all these will follow us like the wind behind the dust in the air; and so offer all you have renounce all your wishes and emotions offer all abandon and enjoyment on the altar of the earth... let the dust of the mind settle let lack of want abide and go no more than the vital needs and you will know the self with clarity and so stand calm before the vagaries of the world "
    By RajArumugam

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