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Cartoonist paints monk Shinran on folding screen

KYOTO, Japan - A painting by cartoonist Takehiko Inoue of Shinran, a famous 13th-century Buddhist monk, drawn on a "byobu" folding screen is shown to the press at a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014. It will go on display at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple from Nov. 1 along with the famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors.

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Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

KYOTO, Japan - The famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors are shown to the press on Oct. 28, 2014. The paintings, drawn some 50 years ago on 44 doors, will be displayed at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple on Nov. 1-3 for the first time.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa unveils sketches for paintings to be offered to Nara temple

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa shows the press one of the sketches for paintings he is working on at the Tokyo branch of Yakushi-ji temple in the Japanese capital on Sept. 7, 2015. The paintings, depicting scenes of a Tripitaka's Master's "Journey to the West" along the Silk Road, will be dedicated to the temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, in 2019 for use on "fusuma" (sliding doors) and as wall murals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Hosokawa unveils sketches for paintings to be offered to Nara temple

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa shows the press a scale model of sketches for paintings he is working on at the Tokyo branch of Yakushi-ji temple in the Japanese capital on Sept. 7, 2015. The paintings, depicting scenes of a Tripitaka Master's "Journey to the West" along the Silk Road, will be dedicated to the temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, in 2019 for use on "fusuma" (sliding doors) and as wall murals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Impromptu collaboration by award-winning artist, calligrapher

A piece of impromptu artwork on a set of Japanese "fusuma" papered sliding doors by artist and TV personality Tsurutaro Kataoka and calligrapher Shunkei Yahagi is shown at an award ceremony in Kochi, southwestern Japan, on March 27, 2015. Kataoka received the award for 2015, commemorating 19th-century master calligrapher Yukei Teshima, and Yahagi was given a special award at the ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A girl dancing to the shamisen

A young woman has finished dancing to music performed by her master on the left. A scroll is hanging in the alcove, flowers are arranged in a vase, and a gekkin (moon lute) is placed against the door behind. The fusuma door is a divider between two rooms.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐41‐0]

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Girls reading books

The kimono collar of the woman lying down is covered with black satin. The girls with brightly-coloured half collars have their hair arranged in ichinogaeshi style. Fusuma sliding doors to divide rooms are visible in the rear.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐13‐0]

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Girls arranging flowers

A photograph of young women engaged in flower arrangement. Judging from the fusuma sliding doors and scroll hanging on the wall this was likely taken inside. The colouring added to the kimonos, sash, rabbit-ear iris and red flowers is nothing but artless.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐19‐0]

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Priests facing each other

This is one of the photographs in the 1876 album by Stillfried. It shows two Buddhist priests in official attire. The tatami mats and fusuma doors suggest that this was taken in a temple. Early Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐23‐0]

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Women making tea

Three young women have their hair arranged in the takashimada style popular in the Meiji Period. Tea is being served. Each woman wear a furisode kimono and kanzashi hairpins. This is a formal costume. Cherry blossoms are painted on the fusuma sliding doors and on the scroll in the tokonoma (alcove) in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐6‐0]

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Women making tea

Three dressed-up children are reading picture books while tea is being served. Their hair is arranged in the momoware style. The fusuma sliding doors are illustrated with cherry blossoms, indicative of the season of the year.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐5‐0]

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Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

KYOTO, Japan - The famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors are shown to the press on Oct. 28, 2014. The paintings, drawn some 50 years ago on 44 doors, will be displayed at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple on Nov. 1-3 for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Fusuma doors with drawing at western Japan temple

Fusuma sliding doors with drawing by Japanese-style painter Hiroshi Senju are dedicated to Kongobu-ji, head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2020.

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Exhibition of "fusuma" painting at Nagoya Castle

People look at the national important cultural property "Bamboo Grove, Leopards and Tiger", a painting on "fusuma" sliding paper doors, displayed at a special exhibition held at Nagoya Castle's Hommaru Palace between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibition of "fusuma" painting at Nagoya Castle

People look at the national important cultural property "Bamboo Grove, Leopards and Tiger", a painting on "fusuma" sliding paper doors, displayed at a special exhibition held at Nagoya Castle's Hommaru Palace between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo