Preaching from pictures : a Japanese mandala / producer/designer/editor, David W. Plath ; director, Murayama Masami ; writers, Kuroda Hideo, David W. Plath, Ronald P. Toby ; produced by Media Production Group.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Muriyama, Masami., film director.

Toby, Ronald P., 1942- screenwriter., host.

Plath, David W., screenwriter.

Kuroda, Hideo, 1943- screenwriter.

Epp, Melissa, narrator.

Ambros, Barbara, 1968-

Moerman, D. Max (David Max)

Ruppert, Brian Douglas, 1962-

Smith, Henry D., II (Henry DeWitt), 1940-

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. Media Production Group, production company.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Asian Educational Media Servic, publisher.

Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan (Japan)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandala (Buddhism)--Japan.

Mandala (Buddhism).

Buddhist painting--Japan.

Buddhist painting.

Screen painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868.

Screen painting, Japanese.

Buddhist preaching--Japan.

Buddhist preaching.

Buddhist art and symbolism--Japan.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Tokyo (Japan)--In art.

Tokyo (Japan).

Screen painting, Japanese--Edo period.

Japan.

Japan--Tokyo.

Genre:

Feature films.

Art.

Documentary films.

Educational films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

color

burning

Edition:

Standard format.

Other Title:

Japanese mandala

Jikkai Mandala.

Place of Publication:

[Champaign, Ill.] : Asian Educational Media Service, [2006]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

digital

optical

stereo

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

"Before the 20th century, images were mute; they needed someone to explain their message. In early modern Japan, nuns of the Kumano sect (Buddhist) traveled the countryside preaching from a painting known as the Mandala of the Ten Worlds ... [The film examines] the Mandala, contrasting its sacred images with glimpses of daily live in Edo, Japan's early modern capital"--Container.

Participant:

Host, Ronald P. Toby ; narrator, Melissa Epp.

Credits:

Videographer, Yamaya Keiji ; editor, Kawasumi Makoto ; original music, Yamazaki Hiroshi.

Notes:

"Created by Media Production Group"--Container.

"This program is based on 'Jikkai Mandala', a video program created by the National Museum of Japanese History"--Closing credits.

Originally produced for video in 2002.

Special features: interactive glossaries & image galleries; 7-part virtual symposium on Japanese history & religion (with Barbara Ambros, D. Max Moerman, Brian Ruppert, Henry DeWitt Smith II & Ronald P. Toby); etoki sermon on the Mandala, adapted from a nun's performance as scripted in the 17th century Japanese puppet drama "Michiyukishu" (4 min.); bibliography (2 min.).

OCLC:

74337452

Publisher Number:

883629081076