The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan

by Donald F. McCallum

Few periods in Japanese history are more fascinating than the seventh century. This was the period when Buddhism experienced its initial flowering in the country and the time when Asukadera, Kudara Odera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji (the "Four Great Temples" as they were called in ancient texts) were built. Despite their enormous historical importance, these structures have received only limited attention in Western literature, primarily because...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824831144
• ISBN13: 9780824831141
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"