| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 190 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
Languages of Asia series, 2452-2961 ; volume 25 |
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Languages of Asia series ; v. 25. 2452-2961
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| Summary |
""The echo of the stone/ where I carved the [Buddha's] honorable footprints/ reaches the Heaven, [...]". This book presents the transcription, translation, and analysis of Chinese (753 AD) and Japanese inscriptions (end of the 8th century AD) found on two stones now in the possession of the Yakushiji temple in Nara. All these inscriptions praise the footprints of Buddha, and more exactly their carvings in the stone. The language of the Japanese inscription, which consists of twenty-one poems, reflects the contemporary dialect of Nara. Its writing system shows a quite unique trait, being practically monophonic. The book is richly illustrated by photos of the temple and of the inscriptions"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 14, 2021) |
| Subject |
Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan)
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Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan) |
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Buddhist poetry, Japanese -- Translations into English
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Buddhist poetry, Japanese.
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Japanese poetry -- To 794 -- Translations into English
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Japanese poetry -- To 794.
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Japanese poetry -- To 794 -- History and criticism
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Buddhist inscriptions -- Japan -- Nara-shi
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Inscriptions, Japanese -- Japan -- Nara-shi
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Inscriptions, Japanese -- Japan -- Nara-shi -- Translations into English
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Buddhist poetry, Chinese.
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Chinese poetry -- Tang dynasty, 618-907 -- Translations into English
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Chinese poetry -- Tang dynasty, 618-907.
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Inscriptions, Chinese -- Japan -- Nara-shi
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Inscriptions, Chinese -- Japan -- Nara-shi -- Translations into English
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Buddhist inscriptions.
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Buddhist poetry, Chinese.
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Buddhist poetry, Japanese.
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Chinese poetry.
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Inscriptions, Chinese.
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Inscriptions, Japanese.
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Japanese poetry.
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Tang Dynasty (China)
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Japan -- Nara-shi.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021009622 |
| ISBN |
9789004449848 |
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9004449841 |
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