Constructing the Dharma king
Subtitle: the Hōryūji Shaka triad and the birth of the Prince Shōtoku cult
By: by Akiko Walley
Series: Japanese visual culture -- v. 15; Japanese visual culture -- v. 15.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9789004292451
Subjects: Buddhist art and symbolism; Buddhism and politics; Japanese Sculpture; Cult; Hōryūji (Ikaruga-chō, Nara-ken, Japan); Buddhist sculpture; History
Description: Featuring the renowned seventh-century gilt-bronze Sakyamuni (Shaka) triad at the Horyuji, Constructing the Dharma King reveals how the impression of a Buddhist image evolved in Yamato, Japan, from the indistinct sense of divine otherness at the early stage of the transmission to more concrete ideals and values concerning families, authority, and kingship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.