Japanese Mandalas Representations of Sacred Geography

Name: Japanese Mandalas Representations of Sacred Geography
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ISBN: 9780824820817

ISBN-10: 0824820819

ISBN-13: 9780824820817

Edition: 1999

Authors: Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis

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The first 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 paintings from three traditions.

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 11/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 8.04" wide x 9.14" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The Taima Mandara	p. 13
The Diamond World Mandala	p. 33
The Womb World Mandala	p. 58
The Mandala of the Two Worlds in Japan	p. 78
Mandalas of Individual Deities	p. 96
Pure Land Mandara in Japan	p. 122
The Kami-Worshiping Tradition: Kasuga	p. 142
The Kami-Worshiping Tradition: Kumano	p. 163
Afterword	p. 183
Chronologies for East Asia	p. 185
Notes	p. 187
Selected Bibliography	p. 207
Index	p. 215
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