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Explaining pictures : Buddhist propaganda and etoki storytelling in Japan /

Beginning with the claim that the popularisation of Buddhism in the medieval period was a phenomenon of visual culture, this book reexamines the history of medieval Japanese Buddhism. It treats Buddhist art as religious propaganda and pictorial storytelling as a form of popular culture in medieval J...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaminishi, Ikumi, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • PART 1. EARLY PRACTICE OF ETOKI (LATE 10TH-MID 12TH CENTURIES)
  • Etoki in History
  • Deciphering the Founder of Japanese Buddhism
  • PART 2. PURE LAND BUDDHISM AND ETOKI (LATE 12TH-14TH CENTURIES)
  • Deciphering the Picture of Pure Land
  • Etoki as Pure Land Buddhist Method of Proselytization
  • PART 3. IMAGES OF ITINERANT ETOKI (14TH-16TH CENTURIES)
  • Itinerant Etoki, Solicitors of Buddhism
  • Deciphering the Quasi-Religious Etoki Performer
  • PART 4. WOMEN AND SACRED MOUNTAINS (17TH-19TH CENTURIES)
  • Kumano Images and Propaganda of Kumano for Women
  • Deciphering Mountain Worship.