Images

The ruins of Lindisfarne Priory.

This is a detail of an alabaster statuette in the reredos of Newcastle Cathedral.

Part of a cabinet for storing volumes of the Tale of Genji, the 11th century CE classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu. The scene is from that novel. Maki-e lacquer, Edo period, 17th-18th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A clay dogu figurine. From Kamikurokoma, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi, Japan. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A clay tablet carrying a sutra inscription. From Komachizuka Sutra Mound, Tanga, Uraguchi-cho, Ise-she, Mie, Japan. Heian Period, dated 1174 CE. Important Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum)

An engraved bronze mirror depicting Zao Gongen. From Mt. Omin Peak site, Tenkawa-mura, Nara, Japan. Heian Period, 10-12th century CE. Important Art Object. (Tokyo National Museum)

A ridge-end roof tile in the form of a demon face, Nakayama kiln, Nara, Japan. Nara Period (710-794 CE). (Tokyo National Museum)

A gilded cast bronze cinerary urn from the Nara Period (710-794 CE). From Kamori, Katsuragi-shi, Nara, Japan. Important Cultural Property (Tokyo National Museum)

A statue of the bodhisattva Kokuzo Bosatsu, deity of wisdom and memory. Todaiji temple complex, Nara, Japan. 1709 CE.

A bronze lantern dating to the founding of the Todaiji temple complex, Nara, Japan. c. 752 CE, Nara Period.