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Author Sanford, James H., author.

Title Flowing Traces : Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (290 pages)
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents 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
Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism and art -- Japan
ART -- Asian.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Buddhism and art
Buddhism in literature
Japanese literature
Japan
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author LaFleur, William R., author.
Nagatomi, M., author.
ISBN 9781400862948
1400862949