Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred GeographyUniversity of Hawai'i Press, 1999 - 227 páginas 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. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 The Taima Mandara | 13 |
Chapter 2 The Diamond World Mandala | 33 |
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Aizen Amida Amidaji appear Asia Asian Assembly associated bijutsu birth bodhisattvas buddha Buddhist painting cave central century chapter Chiko China Chinese color court Dainichi dala Daoist deities depicted detail of Plate devotees Diamond World mandala discussed Dunhuang enlightenment Esoteric Buddhism Esoteric mandalas four Fudarakusen Grotenhuis Hall hanging scroll Heian period honji Ibid iconography images India individual deities inscription Japan JAPANESE MANDALAS Kamakura period kami KAMI-WORSHIPING TRADITION Kannon Kasuga shrine Kinrin Kūkai Kumano Kyoto lotus flowers Lotus Sutra lower lunar disk mantra Monju monk mountain mudra Museum Nara nenbutsu Nihon nine pagoda pilgrims Pure Land Pure Land mandara realm represent rites ritual sacred Saiin Sakyamuni Sanskrit sect Shingon Shōkai Shugendo silk square stupa symbolic Taima mandara Taishō Takao mandala Tang teachings temple Tendai thousand buddhas tion Tokyo trans translated University Press vajra viewer Visualization Sutra Western Pure Land wisdom Womb World mandala Yanagisawa Yoritomi