Zen, Tea and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan Through June 14 at the Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW (Metro: Smithsonian). 202-633-1000. www.asia.si.edu .

Japanese Zen Buddhism shares some beliefs with Chinese Taoism. In Japan, artists depicted twinned dragons and tigers on the sliding doors of Zen Buddhist temples.

Zen gardens, those wonderful treasures of Japan, can be enjoyed in several ways: as pure abstract works of art; as representations of Zen principles; or as tools to transport one's mind from the ...

In addition to his well-known passions for hockey, world cinema and cowboy poetry, George Gund III loves Japanese Zen art. Over the past 25 years, the peripatetic arts patron who owns the San Jose ...

3. Japanese Garden, Tenshin-en: Garden of the Heart of Heaven Experience a peaceful oasis when you walk through the gates into this tranquil space inspired by Zen temple gardens of 15th-century Japan.

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. For centuries, Japanese Zen Buddhist masters ...

The Art of Simple Living: 100 Daily Practices from a Japanese Zen Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy Shunmyo Masuno, trans. from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. Penguin, $20 (224p) ISBN ...

Exploring Nature in Japanese Prints A new exhibition at Oregon’s Portland Art Museum shows how a cheap, popular art form produced enduring masterpieces Maki Haku, ‘Fuji san-12’ (1989).

By combining techniques, these artists created multilayered images that challenge distinctions between mediums, art-making traditions, and notions of fine art and commercial design. The prints and ...