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There’s currently a special exhibition on #Chinese #lacquer art at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt here in #Cologne, covering works from the #Song, #Yuan, and #Ming dynasties. I visited it today, and the exhibition is surprisingly large and broad in scope. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area:

"Layers and Cuts: Chinese Lacquer Art"
📆 until 31 January 2027
🌍 https://www.museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Layers-and-Cuts

#ChineseArt #EastAsia #MOK #NoFusion #WeekendStories

#Rhine riverbank in #Remagen.
#WeekendStories #July 2026 #NoFusion #Westum

I finally managed to visit the #Archaeological #Museum of #Frankfurt again, and this time I was able to see the recently discovered #Christian amulet presented one year earlier. I've updated my post on the amulet with some photos I took during my visit. The amulet is now part of the permanent collection. If you are in the city, I highly recommend visiting it.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-01-16-christian_amulet_in_nida/

#WeekendStories #ChristianCulture #HistoryAsAScience #Archaeology #Nida #RomanEmpire #EarlyChristianity

The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-14_buddhist_imagery_in_east_asia/

#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

In Jan. this year, I visited the #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne, where I have seen the the exhibition "Celebrating the #LunarYear of the #horse". The exhibition brings together works from #China, #Tibet, #Korea, and #Japan to explore the cultural history of the horse in #EastAsia, coinciding with the Lunar Year of the Horse. In this post, I summarize my impressions and insights from the exhibition:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-09_year_of_the_horse/

#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #KoreanArt #JapaneseArt #TibetanArt

Also seen in April 2025: The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne hosts a small exhibition called "The Line", dedicated to calligraphic principles in #KoreanArt. It highlights how #writing and #brushwork serve as unifying aesthetic principles across media, from painting to ceramics and bronzes, tracing a continuity from the #Goryeo period to #ContemporaryArt. Here's a brief summary of that visit:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-01-07_the_line_korean_calligraphy/

#WeekendStories #Korea #Calligraphy #Hangeul

In April 2025, I visited the exhibition "Ink Roamings" by the Chinese ink artist Jianfeng Pan at the #Museum #EastAsianArt in #Cologne. The exhibition presented around 60 works on paper produced over the past decade, ranging from monumental #hangingscrolls to small album formats and serial works. Here's a summary of what I have seen and learned from the exhibition:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-01-07_tuschewanderungen/

#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #InkArt #JianfengPan

I was also lucky to visit the exhibition 'From Line to Landscape' at the #Museum of #EastAsianArt in #Cologne in December 2024. The show focused on the work of Tanaka Ryōhei (1933–2019) and offered a rare opportunity to see a comprehensive selection of his etchings spanning more than five decades. Here's a post summarizing what I have seen and taken home from the exhibition:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-01-06-tanaka_ryohei/

#WeekendStories #JapaneseArt #Etching #TanakaRyohei

In October 2024 I was lucky to visit the exhibition "Expeditions – travelogues and photographs by the #museum founders 1897–1899" at the Museum of #EastAsianArt in #Cologne. It tells the fascinating story of Adolf and Frieda Fischer, whose travels to #Japan and #Taiwan laid the foundation for the museum. Here's a brief recap of that visit:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-01-06_frieda_and_adolf_fisher/

#WeekendStories #TaiwaneseArt #JapaneseArt

#Buddhism's #ecological #philosophy frames #environmental care as #ethical imperative rather than mere conservation. Through #interdependence (#paṭiccasamuppāda), non-harming (#ahiṃsā), and the #Bodhisattva ideal, it extends #compassion to all sentient beings affected by #ClimateChange. #Impermanence (#anicca) invites #mindful engagement, not passivity, distinguishing natural cycles from #anthropogenic destruction.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_the_environment/

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#Zanshin (残心) in #Zen and #Japanese #MartialArts denotes a state of sustained, relaxed awareness before, during, and after action. Unlike episodic #mindfulness, zanshin emphasizes continuity and integration, reflecting Buddhist teachings on undivided attention and processual reality.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-05-zanshin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism