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Buddhist Art<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jizo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jizo</a> Bosatsu of Takauji Ashikaga's Nenji <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddha</a>, enshrined in the collection of Daishoten at Hokai-ji in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a>, Kanagawa, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

The Japan TimesTraditional Japanese crafts are facing headwinds with the changing times. Can non-Japanese artists play a part in keeping these lineages alive? <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/08/04/issues/japan-craft-tradition-international-artists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/08/04/issues/japan-craft-tradition-international-artists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/issues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#issues</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/expats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japanesecrafts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kochi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kochiprefecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kochiprefecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kanagawaprefecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kanagawaprefecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ishikawaprefecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ishikawaprefecture</a>

atomickerTitle: Kenchoji, Kamakura (1933)Artist: Hasui Kawase<a href="https://www.kenchoji.com/sanmon-gate/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kenchoji.com/sanmon-gate/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ShinHanga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShinHanga</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Showa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Showa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HasuiKawase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HasuiKawase</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Summer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kenchoji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenchoji</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanagawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kanagawa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>

The Japan TimesThe bakery, which specializes in sourdough, is small in size but big in heart as it aims to spread its love for all things bread. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/27/food-drink/pide-bakery-sourdough-kamakura/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/27/food-drink/pide-bakery-sourdough-kamakura/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fooddrink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fooddrink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chefs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bread</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snacks</a>

Buddhist ArtWodden <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jizo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jizo</a> statue, principal image of Hokai-ji in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

Buddhist ArtA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pagoda</a> (a Yakushi-dō (薬師堂) at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū-ji in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>, before the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shinbutsubunri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shinbutsubunri</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

The Japan TimesA condominium development project near the site of a historic 13th-century shogun's office has sparked controversy in a popular Japanese tourist destination. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/japan/kamakura-development-project/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/japan/kamakura-development-project/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakuraperiod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakuraperiod</a>

The Open Buddhist University🆓 A-to-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Religious Sculpture and Art (A free resource from 1995)Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/JapaneseBuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseBuddhism</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Buddhastatue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhastatue</a> <a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/reference/japanese-art-photo-dictionary_schumacher-mark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/reference/japanese-art-photo-dictionary_schumacher-mark</a>

Buddhist Art<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raijin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raijin</a>, Sanjusangendo, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> period, National treasure. Painted wooden, jade eyes, 100 cm. A red demon carries a small drum wrapped around it on his back, his eyes and fangs bared, and he holds a plectrum in both hands. Two toes and three fingers. He wraps a shoulder cloth around his neck, wears a kimono on the lower half of his body, and rides on a rock surrounded by clouds. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

The Japan TimesRobert Jefferson, also known as The Kamakura Gardener, offers soothing missives via YouTube about gardening, cooking and slow living. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/02/our-lives/kamakura-gardener-robert-jefferson/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/02/our-lives/kamakura-gardener-robert-jefferson/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ourlives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ourlives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kanagawaprefecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kanagawaprefecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youtubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youtubers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/expats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanamericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#africanamericans</a>

Buddhist ArtA copy of the Kichijōten Mandara (吉祥天曼荼羅), a mandala focused on the goddess of prosperity & good fortune Kichijōten (吉祥天), dating to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> period (1185-1333), once at Tōji Temple (東寺) in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

The Open Buddhist University📰 Official Monks and Reclusive Monks (A free, 11-page article from 1997)Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhist</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/JapaneseBuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseBuddhism</a> <a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/what-is-kamakura-new-buddhism_kenji-matsuo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/what-is-kamakura-new-buddhism_kenji-matsuo</a>

Buddhist ArtStanding statue of the Eleven-faced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kannon</a> Bosatsu, made in the Muromachi period, principal image of Sugimoto-ji, the 1st temple of the Bando 33 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kannon</a> Pilgrimage in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> City, Kanagawa Prefecture, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. Temple, the oldest temple in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

Buddhist ArtStanding statue of Senju <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kannon</a> enshrined in the main hall of Atago Nenbutsu-ji in Arashiyama, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>. It seems to be made in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> period. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

Buddhist ArtThe five-storied <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pagoda</a> at Nariai-ji (成相寺) in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a>, a 1998 reconstruction of a structure dating back to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> period (1185-1333). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuddhistArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>

マリオ (Mario Menti)I took this photo a few days ago, walking through Kamakura, and didn't really think much about it. Until someone said "this looks straight out of Ghibli", and I guess they're right. 😊And no stupid Gen AI required. 😅<a href="https://neko.cat/tags/Kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kamakura</a> <a href="https://neko.cat/tags/%E9%8E%8C%E5%80%89" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#鎌倉</a> <a href="https://neko.cat/tags/Ghibliesque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ghibliesque</a> <a href="https://neko.cat/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://neko.cat/tags/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#日本</a>

The Japan TimesThe emperor against the shogunate: power and politics in 14th-century Japan <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/history/go-daigo-masukagami-kusunoki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/history/go-daigo-masukagami-kusunoki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/godaigo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#godaigo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masukagami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#masukagami</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bakufu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bakufu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kusunokimasashige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kusunokimasashige</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ashikagatakauji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ashikagatakauji</a>

Arcadiagt5<a href="https://aus.social/@shlee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@shlee</a> Great photo of the Dai-Buddha. I adored <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a> the time I was there, and had a truly classic anime deja vu moment there as well. <a href="https://piratesobg.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/the-grand-tour-day-6-25092017-tokaido-trail-3-kamakura/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://piratesobg.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/the-grand-tour-day-6-25092017-tokaido-trail-3-kamakura/</a>

:PUA: Shlee fucked around and<a href="https://aus.social/tags/kamakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kamakura</a>

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