Miracles of the Kasuga Deity

by Royall Tyler

Book Overview

In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The Kasuga Gongen genki ("The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity") mingles text and painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan for centuries. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231069596
• ISBN13: 9780231069595
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher