Miraculous images in Christian and Buddhist culture
By: [edited by Akira Akiyama and Kana Tomizawa (Kitazawa)]
Contributors: Akiyama, Akira; Tomizawa, Kana
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Bulletin of death and life studies -- v. 6. -- "Death and life" and visual culture -- 2; Bulletin of death and life studies -- 6.; "Death and life" and visual culture -- 2.
Publisher: Global COE Program DALS, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng; jpn
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9784925210621
Subjects: Buddhist art and symbolism; Congresses; Christian art and symbolism; Idols and images in art
Notes: "[P]roceedings of the symposium ... held on 31 May, 2008, hosted by the Global COE Program 'Development and Systematization of Death and Life Studies (DALS)', one of the research institutes in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English with some Japanese; some contributions have been translated from the Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Miraculous images in Christian and Buddhist culture / Akira Akiyama; title: Buddhist spiritual manifestations : the places and forms of the Buddha's spiritual resonance / Nagaoka Ryusaku; title: In search of Christian miraculous images in the age of mechanical reproduction, and beyond / Ivan Gaskell; title: Pictures of rebirth foretold : the Gōshō Mandara (mandala of Amitābha's welcoming descent) of Seiryōji, Kyoto / Makoto Kasuya; title: Miraculous images between art and devotion in medieval and early modern Europe / Gerhard Wolf; title: Commentary 1. Relics in Muslim societies : relics and Islam reconsidered / Tetsuya Ohtoshi; title: Commentary 2. From the point of view of Japanese sculptural history / Takeo Oku.