This richly illustrated volume offers the reader unique insight into the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can simultane

From the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion shaped Chinese philosophy, beliefs, and ritual. At the same time, Buddhism had a profo

Traditionally, research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence, privileging canonical texts penned in 'classical' lan

This book analyzes Han dynasty Chinese archaeology based on a comparison of the forms of vessels found in positively dated tombs.

Post-Enlightenment notions of culture, which have been naturalized in the West for centuries, require that art be autonomously beautiful, universal, and devoid