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Ritualized writing : Buddhist practice and scriptural cultures in ancient Japan / Bryan D. Lowe.
Van Pelt Library BQ1136.C6 L69 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowe, Bryan D., author.
- Series:
- Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 27.
- Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tripiṭaka--Copying.
- Tripiṭaka.
- Copying.
- Calligraphy, Japanese--History.
- Calligraphy, Japanese.
- History.
- Buddhism--Japan--History--To 794.
- Buddhism.
- Transmission of texts.
- Japan.
- Transmission of texts--Japan--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : A Kuroda Institute Book, University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Merit, purity, and ceremony
- Ritual compositions
- Writing societies
- Instituting transcription
- Disciplinary regimes
- Haunted by demons, watched by kings.
- Notes:
- "A Kuroda Institute book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824859404
- 0824859405
- OCLC:
- 953708579
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