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What Next? Trump and Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeJoin the Harvard University Asia-related Centers for the first in a new series on the Asia-Pacific during Trump's presidency.
The Buddha and the Dragon Princess in the Lotus Sutra — for deciphering the Devadatta frontispiece in the Heike Tokyo set
Speaker: Ryūichi Abé, Harvard University The Heike Nokyo is a sumptuously produced set of Buddhist scriptural handscrolls that was commissioned by the Heike military aristocratic clan and offered to the Goddess of Itsukushima, the clan’s tutelary divinity, in the mid-twelfth century. The set is arguably the most sublime example of illustrated and decorated Buddhist scriptures in Japanese history. The Heike […]