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Mythos, art, and culture of Asia. Part of @MythoAfrique & @MythoLatino .

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The Sea Monk. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1845.
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Bandari woman, Iran. Nat Geo, 2001.
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Inner Mongolia, China. Eve Arnold. 1979.
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Mongolia. Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, 2016.
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North Vietnam. Thomas Billhardt, 1979.
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Cham dance performed to ward off evil spirits. "Tibet," Pietro Francesco Mele, 1957.
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The Yellow River. Zhang Kechun, 2020.
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Goa Gajah's cave entrance. Bali, Indonesia.
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Iran, 1999. Nat Geo.
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An emaciated horse. Safavid Iran, 17th century.
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North Vietnam. Rév Miklós, 1959.
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Akha headdress, 1971.
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Mongolian headdress.
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Japan.
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Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi. Late 1400s, Nepal.
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Vietnam. Ján Cifra, 1956.
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A girl in wedding dress and a saukele headdress. Kazakhstan, Semipalatinsk region. 1899. From the collection of Kunstkamera.
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Antique shop, Beijing. Marc Riboud. 1965.
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Sand dune in the Changthang, Tibet. Prabuddha Dasgupta.
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Kabul. Steve McCurry.
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A monk walks past three geese. Mandalay, Burma. Steve McCurry, 1994.
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Japan. Albarrán & Cabrera, 2019.
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Surya. Punjab Hills, North India, c. 1740-50.
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Graveyard. Mizdakhan, Uzbekistan. Marcello Brignone, 2022.
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Sisi 1. Akira Nagasawa, 2017.
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Great Dancing Tiger. Kaneko Tomiyuki, 2019.
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Beijing Opera: The Monkey King.
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Mongolian deity, Begtse, in a cham-dance.
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Buddha hands. Mustang, Nepal. Kenneth Parker. 2005.
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Masjid in Turpan, China, 1999.
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Kokin of Osaka, dressed in winter clothing. 1903.
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Afghanistan. Roland & Sabrina Michaud.
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Maryan by Abdur Rahman Chughtai. Pakistan.
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Women carrying water on a Gujarat farm.
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Sri Lanka. Bruno Barbey, 1979.
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Ushak carpet, late 19th century.
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Vietnam. Michel Huet, 1951.
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Ama diver, Iwase Yoshiyuki, 1965.
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Kabul, Afghanistan. Thomas J. Abercrombie. 1968.
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Xiamen, China. Marco van Duyvendijk, 2018.
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Fayaz Tepe, Termez.
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Japan. Werner Bischof. 1955.
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Japan. Werner Bischof, 1955.
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Gujarat, India. Stuart Redler.
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Himalaya. Éric Valli.
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Hormuz Island, Iran.
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Langson. Vi Văn Định, 1896.
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Balinese folk dance.
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Iran. Fulvio Roiter, 1966.
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Himalaya. Eric Valli.
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Dyal Thak, Tibetan Plateau. Kin Coedel, 2021.
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Internal Avalokiteśvara. Kyoto National Museum.
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Li Hongzhang's wife. John Thomson, 1871. Qing Dynasty.
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Chindawal, Kabul. Steve McCurry.
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Dyal Thak series by Kin Coedel. Tibetan Plateau.
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Buddhist shrines, Burma. March, 1971. Nat Geo.
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Pakistan. Roland & Sabrina Michaud, 1974.
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Hong Kong. Fan Ho, c. 1950s.
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Leshan, China, 1980. Bruno Barbey.
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Orissa, India. James P. Blair. 1970.
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Swayambhunath Temple, Nepal. Pentti Sammallahti, 1994.
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Tibetan Citipati Mask
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Kathmandu Valley Harvest, Nepal. Steve McCurry. 1979.
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Monsoon Rains, Monghyr, Bihar. Raghubir Singh, 1967.
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Mongolia. Anne Dokter.
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Temple of Beji, Bali. Walter Imber, 1974.
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Central Tibet, Tsang. Mandala of the Vajravali Series. c. 1429–56.
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Mt. Fujiyama, Japan. Alain Guillou, 1990.
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China. Emile Schultess, 1969.
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Kampot and his baby yak, Ritoma, Gansu Tibetan Autonomous Région. Kin Chan Coedel, 2023.
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Himalayan Pilgrimage. Ernst Haas, 1978.
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Tsutenkaku, Osaka, Japan. Hiroshi Watanabe, 2003.
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Mandala of Hevajra. Tibet. 1400s.
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Green Tara (detail). Central Tibet. c. 1260s.
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Ornaments of the paduraksa of the Dharma Sabha in Badung, Bali. c. 1925. Leiden University Libraries.
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Tokuzo yells in reply, ‘My profession is the most horrible thing I know!’ The answer apparently satisfies the monster as he then disappears along with the storm.”
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Japan. Werner Bischof. 1955.
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Pamir Mountains. Mathieu Paley, 2O12.
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Barber Shop. Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Hiroshi Watanabe, 2004.
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Bala Hissar gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, c 1880.
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“The ocean dwelling spirit — so called because of his smooth monk-like round head — is said to capsize the ship of anyone who dares speak to it. The specific tale illustrated in Kuniyoshi's woodblock tells of a sailor Kawanaya Tokuzo, who…
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Mangghuer woman's headdress. Zhuang Xueben.
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despite it being considered unlucky in the world of seafaring, decides to go to sea on the last day of the year. A terrible storm breaks out, and the giant figure of the Umibōzu appears. Against the roar of the waves the apparition asks, ‘Name the most horrible thing you know!’
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Highly tattooed Kammu (Khmu'). Joel M. Halpern, 1957.
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Taira ghost, Kuniyoshi Utagawa.
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Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. Monica Forss, 2010.
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Kabul, Afghanistan. Marc Riboud. 1955.
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Bali. Théo Meier & Fred Mayer, 1975.
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Swat River, Pakistan. Alixandra Fazzina.
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Part of Nikki McClarron's photo series for Norlha, a yak khullu atelier from the Tibetan plateau. All pieces are spun and created by nomads, or members of nomad families.
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The Fayaz Tepe complex is a Buddhist archaeological site in Bactria, within southern Uzbekistan. Invasion by Sassanids in the 3rd century BC led to destruction of several Buddhist temples, including the Fayaz Tepe. It is now under restoration.
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Rose Mountain. Jabel al Akhdar, Oman. Eman Ali, 2023.
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From "The Mouth of Krishna," photography series by Angel Albarrán & Anna Cabrera. Pigments, gampi paper and gold leaf.
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(mineral pigments, Japanese ink, transparent watercolor, acrylic, sacred water, shell powder, foil on Japanese paper)
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From Thomas Laird's Murals of Tibet.
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