Tag: “Prince Shōtoku at Age Two”

  • Nation & World

    Reunited with a ‘transcendent’ figure

    “I see him as an ambassador to the world,” Harvard alumnus Walter C. Sedgwick says about the “Prince Shōtoku” sculpture he donated to Harvard Art Museums. A recent visit to the museum stirred memories of visiting the sculpture every summer at his grandparents’ home.

    4 minutes
    Walter Sedgwick stands next to Japanese statue
  • Nation & World

    Studying Japan from ancient to modern

    A revered, 700-year-old religious relic and the present-day crisis of declining births are just two of the many focuses of some Harvard researchers.

    9 minutes
    "Prince Shōtoku at Age Two."