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Texts and Textures of Early Japanese Buddhism: Female Patrons, Lay Scribes, and Buddhist Scripture in Eighth-Century Japan
This phenomenon is by no means limited to Japanese Buddhism ... Stephen Berkwitz, “Materiality and Merit in Sri Lankan Buddhist Manuscripts,” in Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and ...
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Construction of the Great Buddha Statue: Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments - Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace - provide a vivid picture of ...
Exploring Onmyodo: The Ancient Japanese Art of Harmony and Mysticism
Rooted in ancient Chinese philosophies ... Onmyodo was introduced to Japan during the 6th century and blossomed into a unique ...
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Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...
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Nara National Museum to show best of Japan’s Buddhist art
“It is an exhibition dedicated to Buddhist and Shinto art that only the Nara ... Jingu shrine and symbolizes Japan’s diplomatic relations with the ancient Korean Peninsula.