Medicine Master Buddha
Subtitle: the iconic worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan
By: by Yui Suzuki
Series: Japanese visual culture -- v. 3
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004196018
Subjects: Cult; Art; Buddhist sculpture; Bhaiṣajyaguru (Buddhist deity); Japanese Sculpture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The formation of the Yakushi cult; title: The magical Yakushi: spirit-pacifier and healer-god; title: Saicho's Standing Yakushi and its iconic legacy; title: Replicating memory: extant images of the Saicho-Enryakuji lineage; title: Reflections on the Jingoji Yakushi and the Saicho connection; title: The magnificent seven: Shichibutsu Yakushi icons and ritual.