The face of Jizō
Subtitle: image and cult in medieval Japanese Buddhism
By: Hank Glassman
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824834432; 9780824835811
Subjects: Cult; Buddhism; Idols and images; Buddhist art and symbolism; Kṣitigarbha (Buddhist deity); Worship; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The iconology of Jizō; title: Kasuga, Jizō, and Kamakura Ritsu; title: The Jizō dance : ecstasy, possession, and performance; title: Stones, fertility, and the unconnected.