Behold the Buddha: religious meanings of Japanese Buddhist icons
Attraction and aversion to Buddhist icons -- The Buddhist image as sacred story -- The expressive detail: Buddhist symbolism and iconography -- Fully enlightened Buddhas -- Miraculous Bodhisattvas -- Other mythic Buddhist figures -- Buddhist icons as living entities -- Beyond the Buddha image.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhist art
/ Buddha 563 BC-483 BC
/ Bodhisattva
/ Statue
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhist art and symbolism (Japan)
B Buddhist gods in art B Buddhism and art (Japan) |
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| Summary: | Attraction and aversion to Buddhist icons -- The Buddhist image as sacred story -- The expressive detail: Buddhist symbolism and iconography -- Fully enlightened Buddhas -- Miraculous Bodhisattvas -- Other mythic Buddhist figures -- Buddhist icons as living entities -- Beyond the Buddha image. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0824879996 |