Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art

by Donald F. McCallum

One of the most significant traditions of image-making in medieval Japanese Buddhist art is based on a large group of gilt-bronze icons representing the Buddha Amida and his two attendant Bodhisattvas. The prototype, a secret image enshrined at Zenkoji in Nagano Prefecture, served as the basis both for numerous replications found in temples throughout Japan and for a highly developed cult that promised believers various rewards, including release...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691032033
• ISBN13: 9780691032030
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 10.0"