buddhist art and japan - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia - Vol. 1

Book by Marylin Martin Rhie; Brill, 1999

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist--Asia, Central, Art, Buddhist--China, Art, Central Asian, Art, Chinese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...later, such as Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, and perhaps even Japan. So far not a single object of this early period can...tradition is of little help, the earliest products of Buddhist art (and to a large extent the later ones as well) can only...
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Studies in Hindu and Buddhist Art

Book by P. K. Mishra; Abhinav, 1999

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist--India, Art, Hindu--India, Civilization, Buddhist, Civilization, Hindu, Idols And Images--India

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...29 Therav da Buddhist Liturgy: A Study...30 Zen Buddhism in Japan-A Comparative Study...Professor of Indian Art was a product of...Catalogue of Tibetan Buddhist Canons, Tohoku University, Sendal, Japan, 1934. 18. Bhattacharyya...L thought and art, wherein Lord Siva...
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The Art and Architecture of Japan

Book by Robert Treat Paine, Alexander Soper; Penguin Books, 1955

Subjects:

Architecture--Japan--History, Art--Japan--History

Collections: Entire Library

...popularity of Buddhist art is one aspect...culture of Japan centred around...stone-cutting. The art of painting...its life in Japan. Fortunately...give him the Buddhist title by...traditions. The Buddhist art of China...tradition reached Japan solely through...
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Art, Life, and Nature in Japan

Book by Masaharu Anesaki; Marshall Jones Company, 1933

Subjects:

Art--Japan, Japan--Social Life And Customs, Nature (Aesthetics)

Collections: Entire Library

...congenial to the Buddhist art of Japan. So too, perhaps...that flowed into Japan: the first was the Buddhist art of northern China...The first stream of Buddhist art, which, as I have said, entered Japan in the sixth and...
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The Art of Japan

Book by Louis V. Ledoux; Japan Society, 1927

Subjects:

Art--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...creative. Of pre-Buddhist art in Japan there are few...survives of pre-Buddhist sculpture in Japan; but very shortly...6th Century the art reached a very...Pictorial Arts of Japan , London, 1886...M. ANESAKI Buddhist Art in its Relation...

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Behind the Sensationalism: Images of a Decaying Corpse in Japanese Buddhist Art

Journal article by Fusae Kanda; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005

Subjects:

Art, Japanese--Criticism and interpretation, Art, Japanese--History, Japanese art--Criticism and interpretation, Japanese art--History

Collections: Entire Library

...in Japanese Buddhist Art. by Fusae...executed in Japan from approximately...introduce Pure Land Buddhist belief to Japan. The first exponent...of Japanese art history, this...single, narrative Buddhist subject being...Buddhism in Japan in the sixth...
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Japan 1868-1945: Art, Architecture, and National Identity

Journal article by Christine M.E. Guth; Art Journal, Vol. 55, 1996

Subjects:

Architecture--Japan, Nationalism and art--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...explain not only how Japan had come to be...of traditional art through the classification...painting of the Buddhist deity Genju (fig...Clark, "Yoga in Japan: Model or Exception...Modernity in Japanese Art 1850s-1940s: An...the author of Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and...
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Research on Buddhist Nuns in Japan, Past and Present

Journal article by Monika Wacker; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 64, 2005

Subjects:

Art by Buddhist Nuns: Treasures from the Imperial Convents of Japan Area, Books--Book reviews, Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan--Book reviews, Special Exhibition: Women and Buddhism (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...PATRICIA. Art by Buddhist Nuns: Treasures...Convents of Japan Area monzeki...Buddhist nuns. "Art by Buddhist Nuns: Treasures...Convents of Japan" was held...writings and art work of hope...devotion, modern Buddhist women in Japan add their...
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Canonizing Kannon: The Ninth-Century Esoteric Buddhist Altar at Kanshinji

Journal article by Cynthea J. Bogel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Buddhism and art--9th century, Buddhists--Monuments, statues, etc., Icons--Japan, Japan--Religion, Ritual--Japan, Statues--Religious aspects, Temples, Buddhist--9th century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...including icon, art, and nation...Esoteric Buddhist tradition...Korea, and Japan. Strictly...produced in Japan; it also...Esoteric Buddhist art. Seated with...Buddhist art for a decade...to assess Buddhist statues and...and the Japan Foundation...
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Meditations on Space and Time: The Performance Art of Japan's Dumb Type

Journal article by Dorinda Neave; Art Journal, Vol. 60, 2001

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Homosexuality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Japan--Art, Japanese--Art, Performance art--Japan, Technological innovations--Influence

Collections: Entire Library

...The Performance Art of Japans Dumb...When I think about Japan, a welter of disconnected...television, timeless Buddhist temples filled...He returned to Japan, though once Dumb...the international art scene, he immersed...Durland, Contemporary Art in Japan," High Performance...

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Eye on Edo: Art in Japan 1615--1868

Magazine article by Scarlet Cheng; World and I, Vol. 14, February 1999

Subjects:

Art, Art objects, Japanese--Exhibitions, Art, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868, Feudalism--Japan, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese art objects--Exhibitions, Shogunate--Japan, Tokugawa period, 1600-1868

Collections: Entire Library

...much of Japanese art had been religious...of the land in Japan belonged to temples...most venerated Buddhist temple in the city...costumes. Edo: Art in Japan 1615--1868 is an...the image of Japan consists primarily of Edo art," which in the...
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Death of the Historical Buddha

Magazine article by Elizabeth Hammer; School Arts, Vol. 106, January 2007

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist--Works, Buddhist art--Works, Japanese painting--Works, Metropolitan Museum of Art--Services, Painting, Japanese--Works, The Buddha--Portrayals

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...all parts of the Buddhist world and follow...scene. In East Asian art, nature plays a crucial...Brennan. "The Arts of Japan," The Metropolitan...with other works of art made in Japan about the same time...the painting are Buddhist and which are Japanese...
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Fight Club: The Shaolin Monk Show Delivers Action-Packed Kung Fu Entertainment to Audiences around the World. but the Martial Art Is as Much about Serenity and Contemplation, as Speed and Aggression

Magazine article by Erling Hoh; Geographical, Vol. 74, June 2002

Subjects:

Buddhist monks--Conduct of life, Kung fu--Study and teaching, Martial arts--Practice, Yongchuan, Shi--Conduct of life

Collections: Entire Library

...and Shaolin kung fu spread to Japan and other parts of Asia. At...travel to other temples and holy Buddhist places in China, but the lack...word of Zen Buddhism and the art of Shaolin kung fu. * You...hands of the legendary Zen Buddhists. No, their heating pumped cold...
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Images of the Floating World: The Idea of Japan

Magazine article by Jeff Humphries; The Antioch Review, Vol. 53, Fall 1995

Subjects:

Japan--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...distinct. It is about the way in which western art and western thinking - or perhaps it would...certain westerners - have needed the idea of Japan in order to create, dream, or even exist...fleeting, and involving an intimation of the Buddhist view of the world as a collection of empty...
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The Rooftop of Japan

Magazine article by Stuart Wasserman; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

Nagano, Japan--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

...turned bathing into an art form. I definitely wanted...myself intrigued by the Buddhist lure. Followers from all around Japan and the world come to...was introduced to the art of bowing early on during...knew people bowed in Japan, but here they each...

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Tourist Office, Volunteer Guides Lead the Way to Art in Japan

Newspaper article by By Richard Busch; The Washington Times, September 23, 2000

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...VOLUNTEER GUIDES LEAD THE WAY TO ART IN JAPAN by By Richard Busch...gardens, kabuki theater, Buddhist temples or the experience...Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan; phone 03-3822-1111. * Idemitsu Museum of Art, ninth floor, Kokusai Building...
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Intimate, Breathtaking 'Life' of Art from Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, January 21, 1996

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...international effort to conserve Japanese art, which was begun in 1992 by Hirayama Ikuo...studios. Eight of the paintings treated in Japan are displayed here, as are those prepared...depicting the historical Buddha and 16 arhats (Buddhist sages), shows how a painting can have extensive...
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Sackler Offers Royal Display of Imperial Art from Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, December 14, 1997

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...empowering Japan, he searched out the glory of old Japan by seeking former royal collections, buying the magnificent holdings of then out-of-fashion Buddhist monasteries and purchasing art on the world art market. He was even a promoter...
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Riches from a Free-Spirited Era in Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 15, 1998

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...also can be seen in the Freer Gallery of Art across the Mall. Look, also, at the Kabuki...theaters opened in almost every city in Japan. This kind of entertainment, along with...and vigorously designed, were the Zen Buddhist brush-and-ink paintings. After barring...
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The Original Globalists; Portugese Exhibit Reveals Hybrid Art

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 23, 2007

Subjects:

Art exhibitions--Exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Renaissance. A small showing of contemporary art is included to address current-day global...Jesuit missionaries who traveled in China, Japan and India, bringing their religious imagery...archangel carved with a Chinese cloud, a Buddhist goddess resembling a Madonna, a Japanese...

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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Japanese Society Japan is an extremely...Soka Gakkai , a Buddhist sect, grew rapidly...architecture ; Japanese art ; Japanese literature...central and W Japan, laying the foundation...literature, philosophy, art, science, and...the power of the Buddhist priesthood undermined...became masters of Japan. Their great leader...
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Chinese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...dramatic work. Major sites of Buddhist art in cave temples include Donghuang, Lung-men...and Ping-ling-ssu. For about 600 years Buddhist sculpture continued to flourish; then in...produced in China (and was also made in Japan). Chinese Painting since the Fifth Century...
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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...earliest art of Japan, probably dating...period of Japanese art. Later Jomon...tomb mounds. Buddhist and Chinese Influences...Soper, The Art and Architecture of Japan (rev. ed. 1975...Noma, Arts of Japan (2 vol., 1978...Stanley-Baker, Japanese Art (1986); P. Fister...
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Pure Land Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Land Sect, which grew to be the largest Buddhist sect in Japan. The numerous representations of Amitabha with his attendant...influence of Pure Land Buddhism on Chinese and Japanese Buddhist art. For translations of the Pure Land Sutras, see E. B...
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Zen Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ZEN BUDDHISM Buddhist sect of China and Japan. The name of the sect (Chin. Chan, Jap...important works include E. Herrigels Zen in the Art of Archery (1971) and R. M. Pirsigs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1984). See also...

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