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Kamakura period

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace (detail), Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatari emaki) Japanese, Kamakura period, second half of the 13th century, 45.9 x 774.5 x 7.6 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) — During the Kamakura period, the confluence or syncretism of Buddhism and the indigenous Shintō deepened.

Kamakura period, an introduction

by Dr. Sonia Coman

Prince Shōtoku at Age Two, Kamakura period, c. 1292 — Discover what was found inside this 13th century sculpture

Prince Shōtoku at Age Two

by Dr. Rachel Saunders and Angela Chang

izō Bosatsu, late 12th to mid-13th century, Kamakura period, Japan, wood with lacquer, gold leaf, cutout gold foil decoration, and color, 181.6 x 72.4 x 57.4 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) — This boyish bodhisattva reminds us that through humble bearing, we can spiritually blossom—like a lotus flower.

Jizō Bosatsu

by Dr. Hannah Sigur and Dr. Steven Zucker

Night Attack on Sanjo Palace — Complete mayhem! The violent scenes of this remarkable handscroll meld grisly horror with morbid humor.

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace

by Dr. Hannah Sigur