Beyond Zen

Dr. Katherine Anne Paul is The Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL. Paul served as curator of the Arts of Asia at the Newark Museum from 2008 to the spring of 2019. Between 2002 and 2008, Paul served first as assistant curator then as associate curator of Indian and Himalayan Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She has also held positions at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. A Fulbright scholar, Paul has published extensively on numerous subjects related to Asian art. She holds degrees in Languages and Cultures of Asia from University of Wisconsin – Madison (MA, Ph.D.). She served on the steering committee for the American Curators of Asian Art (2010-2017) and as a board member of the Seol Won Foundation since 2017. Ikumi Kaminishi is associate professor and director of Graduate Studies, Tufts University, School of Arts and Sciences. Kaminishi specializes in Japanese art and culture with particular focuses on Buddhist art and medieval illustrated hand-scrolls (emakimono). She teaches a variety of courses, including Japanese architecture, Buddhist Art, Arts of China, Zen and Tea Aesthetics, and History of Japanese anime. Previous publications include Explaining Pictures: Buddhist Propaganda And Etoki Storytelling in Japan (2006).

Director’s Preface by Linda C. Harrison
Acknowledgments by Catherine Evans
Map of Buddhist sites in Japan
Glossary
Timeline;
From Nara to Newark: Japanese Collections of The Newark Museum of Art by Katherine Anne Paul
Buddha, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas
Life and Death
Health and Wealth
Extending Enlightenment: Japanese Buddhism and Art by Katherine Anne Paul
Teachers and Students
From Ascetic to Saint: The Etoki of Tokuhon’s Monastic Odyssey by Ikumi Kaminishi
Tea Aesthetics and Implements
Recommended Reading
Index