Japanese mandalas : representations of sacred geography /
The first broad 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 eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure L...
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The Taima Mandara
- Ch. 2. The Diamond World Mandala
- Ch. 3. The Womb World Mandala
- Ch. 4. The Mandala of the Two Worlds in Japan
- Ch. 5. Mandalas of Individual Deities
- Ch. 6. Pure Land Mandara in Japan
- Ch. 7. The Kami-Worshiping Tradition: Kasuga
- Ch. 8. The Kami-Worshiping Tradition: Kumano
- Appendix Chronologies for East Asia.