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collage_Sutra_Maitreya_1b

Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra, c1150AD Japan and Maitreya – the Buddha of the Future, c6th-7th, Japan century, Japan
both images public domain courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Toshikata_ukiyoe_bonsai

Mizuno Toshikata c1899-1904, front cover for 1904 S.M. Japanese Nursery Company auction catalogue, New York City