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LIVING BUDDHIST STATUES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL AND MODERN JAPAN IBD

AIAA
05 / 2007
9781403964205
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Sinopsis

Large numbers of Buddhist believers regarded Buddhist statues in surprising ways in late- tenth and early eleventh century Japan. Examination of such questions of functionality contributes to a broader view of Buddhist practice at a time when Buddhism was rapidly spreading among many levels of Japanese society. This book focuses particularly on the function of the following types of images: 'secret Buddhas' (hibutsu), which are rarely if ever displayed, Buddhas who exchange bodies with sufferers (migawari butsu), and masks of bodhisattvas used in a ritual called mukaeko. Primary sources for these topics include collections of popular tales (setsuwa), poetry, ritual texts, and temple histories (engi).