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Preserving the Dharma - Hozan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,478
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Preserving the Dharma - Hozan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era (Paperback): John M. Rosenfield

Preserving the Dharma - Hozan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era (Paperback)

John M. Rosenfield

Series: Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University

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In this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629-1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his important place in the world of late-seventeenth-century Japanese Buddhism. At the same time, the book shows the richness of early modern Japanese Buddhist art, which has often been neglected and undervalued.

Tankai was firmly committed to the spiritual disciplines of mountain Buddhism--seclusion, severe asceticism, meditation, and ritual. But in the 1680s, after being appointed head of a small, run-down temple on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, near Nara, he revealed that he was also a gifted artist and administrator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign of constructing temple halls and commissioning icons, and the Ikoma temple, soon renamed H?zanji, became a vibrant center of popular Buddhism, as it remains today. He was a remarkably productive artist, and by the end of his life more than 150 works were associated with him.

A major reconsideration of a key artistic and religious figure, "Preserving the Dharma" brings much-needed attention to an overlooked period of Japanese Buddhist art.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
Release date: March 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: John M. Rosenfield
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16397-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Oriental art
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Religious subjects depicted in art
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
LSN: 0-691-16397-9
Barcode: 9780691163970

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