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Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography
Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis
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Description for Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography
Paperback. This text presents a study of Japanese mandalas, interpreting them as sanctified realms where identification between the human and sacred occurs. It investigates 8th to 7th century BC paintings from three traditions, exploring the ritual, visual, doctrinal and literary elements. Num Pages: 400 pages, 124 colour & b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AGR; HBJF; HBLA; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 672.
This text presents a study of Japanese mandalas, interpreting them as sanctified realms where identification between the human and sacred occurs. The author investigates 8th to 7th century BC paintings from three traditions - esoteric Buddhism, pure land Buddhism and the Kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. A theme of this study is that certain paradigmatic Japanese mandalas reflect pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts, including geographical concepts. The author chronicles the intermingling of visual, doctrinal, ritual and literary elements in these mandalas that has come to be seen as characteristic of the Japanese religious tradition as a whole. The study begins with an introduction to ... Read more
This text presents a study of Japanese mandalas, interpreting them as sanctified realms where identification between the human and sacred occurs. The author investigates 8th to 7th century BC paintings from three traditions - esoteric Buddhism, pure land Buddhism and the Kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. A theme of this study is that certain paradigmatic Japanese mandalas reflect pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts, including geographical concepts. The author chronicles the intermingling of visual, doctrinal, ritual and literary elements in these mandalas that has come to be seen as characteristic of the Japanese religious tradition as a whole. The study begins with an introduction to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824820817
SKU
V9780824820817
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About Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis
Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Harvard University and Boston University.
Reviews for Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography
Professor ten Grotenhuis's book deserves a wide audience. Anyone interested in religious art will be delighted to find images of exceptional beauty illustrating a readable yet authoritative introduction to the worlds of the Japanese mandala. Specialists will be equally delighted to find that ten Grotenhuis offers engaging, fruitful new ways of thinking about these pictures, for instance by placing Buddhist ... Read more