Flowing Traces: Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan

by James H. Sanford and William R. LaFleur

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According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider religion to be the primary phenomenon and art the secondary arena for the apprehension of religious meanings, these essays reveal the collapse of other...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691073651

ISBN13:9780691073651

Release Date:June 1992

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:300 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Religion Religion & Spirituality

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