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Author Sanford, James H.

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

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (290 pages).
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Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Note Cover; Contents.
Summary 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 dichotomies as well. Touching on works produced at every social level, they explore a fascinating set of connections within Japanese culture and m.
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Subject Japanese literature -- To 1868 -- History and criticism.
Japanese literature.
Chronological Term To 1868
Subject Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism and art -- Japan.
Buddhism and art.
Japan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author LaFleur, William R.
Nagatomi, M.
Other Form: Print version: Sanford, James H. Flowing Traces : Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN 9781400862948 (electronic book)
1400862949 (electronic book)