The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
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This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897-1185) to the late Kamakura (1185-1333) periods. Popularly depicted as half-bird, half-human creatures with beaks or long noses, wings, and human bodies, tengu today are commonly seen as guardian spirits associated with the mountain ascetics known as yamabushi. In the medieval period, however, the character of tengu most often had a darker, more...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:082483416X
ISBN13:9780824834166
Release Date:April 2012
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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