Buddha in the land of the Kami
Subtitle: (7th - 12th centuries)
By: a co-production of Antenne 2 ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Jean Antoine.
Contributors: Antoine, Jean.; Films for the Humanities (Firm); Societe nationale de television en couleur "Antenne 2."
Series: Japan past and present
Publisher: Films for the Humanities
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Japan  -- History  -- To 1185.; Japan  -- Buddhist influences.; Japan  -- Civilization  -- Chinese influences.
Description: Begins with the creation myth of Japan and explains the origin and scope of the Kami concept; explains the arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and the Kami were assimilated; discusses the role of Chinese culture, style, and writing in Japanese culture; and demonstrates how the Japanese garden epitomizes the Japanese view of the relationship between man and nature, space, time, and reality.
Notes: Advisers, Iwao Seiichi, Sakamoto Mitsuru, Wada Mitsuhiro ; camera, Baudoin Saeremans, Philippe Theaudiere ; music, Hirose Ryohei ; editor, Annie Chevallay.

Robert Lanchester.

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Public performance rights included.