Faith and power in Japanese Buddhist art, 1600-2005
By: Patricia J. Graham.
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824831264; 9780824831912
Subjects: Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1600-1868; Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1868-1945; Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1945-; Arts, Buddhist -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Buddhism in the arts of early modern Japan, 1600-1868; title: Institutional Buddhism under warrior rule; title: Buddhist temples for aristocrats and elite samurai; title: Temples patronized by commoners; title: Depictions of popular deities and spiritual concerns; title: Professional makers of Buddhist icons; title: Expressions of faith by clerics and laity; title: Buddhist imagery and sacred sites in modern Japan, 1868 to 2005; title: Support for Buddhism after religious persecution, 1868 to 1945; title: From icon into art, 1868 to 1945; title: Buddhist sites of worship, 1945 to 2005; title: Visualizing faith, 1945 to 2005.