The esoteric iconography of Japanese mandalas
By: [by] Lokesh Chandra.
Contributors: Yamamoto, Chikyo.; Ninnaji, Kyoto.
Series: Śata-piṭaka series ;; v. 92
Publisher: International Academy of Indian Culture
Published: 1971
Place of publication: [New Delhi
Language: eng
Subjects: Mandala (Buddhism); Wood-engraving, Japanese; Wood-engraving, Buddhist -- Japan
Other titles: Tantras. Mahākaruṇāgarbha.; Tantras. Vajradhātu.
Notes: Reproduction of a set of xylographic prints from Omuro (Ninnaji) Monastery, illustrating the deities of the Mahākaruṇāgarbha and Vajradhātu tantras.
Table of contents: title: A review of researches in maṇḍala and esoteric Buddhist art by Japanese scholars, by C. Yamamoto.; title: The Gobu-shingan of Subhakarasiṁha, by C. Yamamoto.; title: List of ritual texts and figures of esoteric Buddhism in Japan contained in the icoconographic section of the Taishō edition of the Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, by C. Yamamoto.