Living images : Japanese Buddhist icons in context / edited by Robert H. Sharf, Elizabeth Horton Sharf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sharf, Robert H.

Sharf, Elizabeth Horton.

Series:

ARC: Asian religions & cultures.

ARC: Asian religions & cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist art and symbolism--Japan.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Idols and images--Japan--Worship.

Idols and images.

Worship.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2001]

Summary:

The essays in this volume focus on the historical, institutional, and ritual context of a number of Japanese Buddhist paintings, sculptures, calligraphies, and relics- some celebrated, others long overlooked.

Contents:

Portraits of Shinran in medieval pure land Buddhism / James C. Dobbins

"My reflection should be your keepsake": Myōe's vision of the Kasuga deity / Karen L. Brock

Icons and relics in Eison's religious activities / Paul Groner

Visualization and mandala in Shingon Buddhism / Robert H. Sharf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0804739897

OCLC:

45963262