The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Geese Alighting at Katada, Lake Biwa

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Buddhism along the Silk Road

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Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

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Geese Alighting at Katada, Lake Biwa

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: ca. 1835
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions:: 8 13/16 x 13 5/8 in. (22.4 x 34.6 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number:: JP51

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