Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography

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Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography

Name: Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography
ISBN: 9780824820008

Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis

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The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified realms where identification between the human and sacred occurs. The author investigates eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and the kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. Explaining why certain fundamental Japanese mandalas look the way they do and how certain visual forms came to embody the sacred, ten Grotenhuis presents works that show a complex mixture of Indian Buddhist elements, pre-Buddhist Chinese elements, Chinese Buddhist elements, and indigenous Japanese elements.

Категорії:

Arts - Graphic Arts

Рік:

1999

Видання:

illustrated edition

Видавництво:

University of Hawaii Press

Мова:

english

Сторінки:

227