Living images
Subtitle: Japanese Buddhist icons in context
By: edited by Robert H. Sharf, Elizabeth Horton Sharf.
Contributors: Sharf, Robert H.; Sharf, Elizabeth Horton.
Series: Asian religions & cultures
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Buddhist art and symbolism -- Japan; Idols and images -- Japan -- Worship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Portraits of Shinran in medieval pure land Buddhism / James C. Dobbins; title: "My reflection should be your keepsake": Myōe's vision of the Kasuga deity / Karen L. Brock; title: Icons and relics in Eison's religious activities / Paul Groner; title: Visualization and mandala in Shingon Buddhism / Robert H. Sharf.