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Titolo: The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity
Condizione: Nuovo
EAN: 9780231069595
ISBN: 9780231069595
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Formato: Tascabile
Data di pubblicazione: 05/04/2016
Altezza: 229mm
Lunghezza: 152mm
Autore: Royall Tyler
Lingua: inglese
ISBN-10: 0231069596
Description: In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The Kasuga Gongen genki ("The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity") mingles text and painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan for centuries. The work's values are aristocratic, but the text sheds light on the syncretic nature of the era's religious practices, allowing Tyler to collapse the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religion. Tyler provides a detailed examination of the scrolls, the shrine, and their history and political role. He also elucidates the scrolls' relationship to literary genre and religious practice, including the interaction between Shintoism and Buddhism. His copious annotations describe the work's historical context, as well as its religious and cultural influences. This study is essential for scholars of religion, art historians, and cultural historians alike.
Paese di origine: US
Genere: Literary Criticism
Title Format: Paperback
Anno di pubblicazione: 2016

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