Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan
(Part of the Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism Series)
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Ritualized Writing takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival sources that have received scant attention in English, primarily documents from an eighth-century Japanese scriptorium and colophons from sutra manuscripts, Bryan D. Lowe uncovers the ways in which the transcription of Buddhist scripture was a highly ritualized endeavor. He takes a ground-level approach by emphasizing the activities...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0824859405
ISBN13:9780824859404
Release Date:March 2017
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
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