Word embodied : the jeweled pagoda mandalas in Japanese Buddhist art / Halle O'Neal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neal, Halle, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 412.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 412

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Mandala (Buddhism)--Japan.

Mandala (Buddhism).

Japan.

Buddhist art--Japan.

Buddhist art.

Words in art.

Mandala in art.

Painting, Japanese.

Pagodas--Japan.

Pagodas.

Physical Description:

xvii, 292 pages : color illustrations, color plates ; 26 cm.

Distribution:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Distributed by Harvard University Press.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.

Language Note:

In English, with "Names and terms" and "Bibliography" also in Japanese.

Summary:

"Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries, scripture, and body in religious doctrine, praxis, and art"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Performance and iconicity in the mandalas

Historical and narrative puzzles in the mandalas

Medieval textual images

Dharma relics in medieval Japan

Buddhist reliquaries and somatic profusions

Conclusion: Creating a salvific matrix of text and body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674983861

0674983866

OCLC:

1000385880