Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography

by Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis

The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified realms where identification between the human and the sacred occurs. The author investigates eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and the kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. It is generally recognized that many of these mandalas are connected with texts and images...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820819
• ISBN13: 9780824820817
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.1"