Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan

by Bryan D Lowe and Bryan D. Lowe

Book Overview

Ritualized Writing takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival sources that have received scant attention in English, primarily documents from an eighth-century Japanese scriptorium and colophons from sutra manuscripts, Bryan D. Lowe uncovers the ways in which the transcription of Buddhist scripture was a highly ritualized endeavor. He takes a ground-level approach by emphasizing the activities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824859405
• ISBN13: 9780824859404
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"