100 paintings of the Buddha’s 500 disciples by Kano Kazunobu at Smithsonian

RELIGION & ETHICS WEEKLY

WASHINGTON DC -- Between 1854 and 1863, Japanese artist Kano Kazunobu (1816-1863) created a series of 100 paintings of the Buddha’s 500 disciples. Watch our interview about Buddhism and Kazunobu’s paintings with James Ulak, senior curator of Japanese art at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. "Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples" is on display through July 8, 2012 at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC. [link]