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Detail from a window in Newcastle Cathedral of St Oswald who worked closely with St Aidan of Lindisfarne to evangelize the people of Northumbria. St Oswald was king of Northumbria but was killed in 642 by a pagan king, and so is considered...

Detail from a reredos in St Aidan's church in Bamburgh of the martyr and king of Northumbria, St Oswald.

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)