Shinzō

Hachiman Imagery and Its Development

• Author(s): Christine Guth,
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
• Pages: 135
• ISBN_10: 0674806506
  ISBN_13: 9780674806504
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Sculpture & Installation , Religion / Shintoism , Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General ,

Description:... Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Shinzō: Aesthetic, Religious, and Cultic Dimensions -- The Genesis of Shinzō -- Aesthetic Dimensions -- Religious Dimensions -- Hachiman Cult and Image -- Case Studies -- The Tōji Hachiman Triad: Shinzō of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries -- The Yakushiji Hachiman Triad: Shinzō of the Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries -- The Tōdaiji Statue of Hachiman: Shinzō in the Kamakura Period -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.