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Japanese Geisha Dress and Accessories
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Japanese Painting: Kano School
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Japanese Painting: Nanga and Bunjinga School
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Japanese Painting: The Rinpa (or Rimpa) School
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Japanese Painting: Tosa School
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Japanese Paper Theater (Kamishibai)
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Japanese Tea Ceremony (vocabulary)
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Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
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Mahabodi Temple at Bodh Gaya, India
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Maharajas Under British Colonial Rule and Maharajas Today
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Major Indonesian Rod Puppet (Wayang Golek) Character Types
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Mapping New Worlds: Cartography at the Intersection of East and West
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Education and Tradition
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Muromachi Period Tea (1338–1573)
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Neo-Confucianism in Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) Dynasties
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New Year Celebrations: Nowruz
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New Year's Celebrations: China
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New Year's in Japan: Introduction
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New Year's in Japan: Mochi Pounding
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Oracle Bones
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Origins of the Samurai: The Growth and Development of Military Government
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Ottoman Art
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Peaceful and Wrathful Deities
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Popularization of Geisha Images through Woodblock Prints
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Porcelain in the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) Dynasties
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Principal Deities of Hinduism
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Principal Texts of Hinduism
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Questions of Authenticity
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Rebus Key: Symbols in Chinese Art
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Religious Funerary Practices in Ancient China
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Religious Practices of the Samurai
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Ritual Tradition of Threshold Art
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Roots of Hinduism
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Samurai War Tales: The Tale of the Heike
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Samurai Warfare and Arms
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Samurai: Way of the Warrior
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Science in the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) Dynasties
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Shang Dynasty (approx. 1500‒1050 BCE) Ritual Bronze Vessels
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Stories of the Shinto deity Hachiman
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Storytelling in Ritual and Performance in Bali
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Tea Master Sen Soshitsu XV
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Teahouse Alcove (Tokonoma)
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Technology During the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
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The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)
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The Construction of Rod Puppets (Wayang Golek)
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The Court of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
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The Development of Landscape Painting in China through the Tang Dynasty (618-906)
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The Development of Landscape Painting in China: The Song (960–1279) through the Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties
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The Early Bronze Age
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The Evolution of Ukiyo-e and Woodblock Prints
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The First Emperor’s Reputation: The Man Who Unified China
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The First Japanese Envoy to the United States
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The Floating World of Edo Japan
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The Flourishing of Poetry in the Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1279) Dynasties
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The Four Treasures and Other Utensils for a Scholar's Desk
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The History of Indonesian Puppet Theater (Wayang)
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The History of Islamic Calligraphy
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The Land of Tibet
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The Life of the Buddha
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The Lotus Lantern Festival
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The Making of Northern Song Dynasty Ceramics
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The Ottomans
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The Potala Palace
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The Rama Epic Characters: Hanuman
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The Rama Epic Characters: Rama
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The Rama Epic Characters: Ravana
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The Rama Epic Characters: Sita
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The Rama Epic: Endings
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The Rama Epic: Meaning and Storytelling
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The Rama Epic: The Story in Brief
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The Role of the Artist in the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) Dynasties of China
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The Role of the Puppet Master (Dalang) in Indonesia
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The Samurai (vocabulary)
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The Stupa
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The Three Sen Family Traditions of Tea
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The Ukiyo-e (Woodblock) Printing Process
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The Undergound Army of the First Emperor
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Tibetan Buddhism in China and Mongolia
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Tibetan Buddhist Orders
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Tibetan Thangka Painting (Sacred Pictures)
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Tomb No. 1001 at Anyang
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Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
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Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
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Utensils for a Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Varanasi
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Voyages of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Treasure Fleet
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What are the main branches of Buddhism?
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What is a mandala?
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What is Asia?
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What is Sikhism?
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Worship of the Goddess in South Asia
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Xi’an Forest of Stone Steles Museum
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