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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.