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The seven tengu scrolls : evil and the rhetoric of legitimacy in medieval Japanese Buddhism /

This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897-1185) to the late Kamakura (1185-1333) periods. Popularly depicted as half-bird, half-human creatures with beaks or long noses, wings, and human bodies, tengu today are commonly seen as guardian spir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wakabayashi, Haruko Nishioka, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo