| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 316 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction to Zen matters / Pamela D. Winfield and Steven Heine -- 'Thy rod and thy staff they discomfort me :' Zen staffs as implements of instruction / Steven Heine -- Materializing the Zen monastery / Pamela D. Winfield -- Form and function : tea bowls and the problem of Zen in Chanoyu / Morgan Pitelka -- Prayer beads in Soto Zen / Michaela Mross -- The importance of imports : Ingen's material culture at Manpukuji / Patricia J. Graham -- Visual culture in Japan's imperial Buddhist convents : the making of devotional objects as expressions of faith and practice / Patricia Fister -- Zen Buddhist robes and sectarian identities in early modern Japan / Diane E. Riggs -- The Zen of rags / Paula Arai -- Zen sells Zen things : meditation supply, right livelihood, and Buddhist retail / Gregory P.A. Levine -- Sino-Japanese glossary |
| Summary |
Expanding on previous studies of Zen art history, material/visual culture, and religious practice, Zen and Material Culture focuses on the vast range of ""stuff"" in Japanese Zen, including beads, bowls, buildings, staffs, statues, rags, robes and even popular retail commodities distributed in America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2017) |
| Subject |
Material culture -- Religious aspects -- Zen Buddhism
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Buddhism -- Japan -- Customs and practices
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Buddhist religious articles -- Japan
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Buddhism -- Customs and practices
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Buddhist religious articles
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winfield, Pamela D., editor
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Heine, Steven, 1950- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017000856 |
| ISBN |
9780190469313 |
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0190469315 |
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9780190693732 electronic book |
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0190693738 electronic book |
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0190469293 |
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9780190469290 |
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