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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Main Author: Dobbins, James C. 1949- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / Buddhist art / Buddha 563 BC-483 BC / Bodhisattva / Statue
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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