In Japan, butsudan (仏壇) are small shrines found in Buddhist temples and homes. They certainly don’t usually look like the one above! Butsudan manufacturer Takumi Kougei, which is based in Hyogo ...

As the manager of the anesthesia department at Swedish Medical Center, Mitchell Ishikawa spends long, hectic hours attending to patients, surgeons and anesthesiologists. But when he gets home, he ...

Not long ago, Yagiken Co., an Osaka-based manufacturer of traditional Japanese Buddhist altars (known as butsudan) for home-based ancestor worship (known as kuyo), opened a showroom called Gallery ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Butsudan-Buddhist altar was made ...

A butsudan, or ‘Buddha shelf’ is usually a cabinet arranged with sacred objects, with doors that are opened each morning and closed at sunset. Everything changes. A central tenet of Buddhism is that ...

Takumi Armory is a Hyogo Prefecture-based company that specializes in replica cosplay weaponry with a decidedly fantasy anime/video game-style flair. Their latest creation, showing a sword embedded ...

black lacquered Hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood and metal fittings, gilded with gold leaf on the interior ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.