Isbn: 9780824834166 - the seven tengu scrolls: evil and the rhetoric of legitimacy in medieval japanese buddhism (4 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xx + 203 pages, index, bibliography, notes, very good in dustjacket. This is a study of visual and textual images of the well-known mythical Japanese creature tengu in medieval Japan, focusing on a late 13th century illustrated hand scroll known as the Tengu zoshi. This half human, half bird trickster figure came to represent destructive, impure, and transgressive impulses. In examining representation of the tengu, the author reflects on the place and nature of evil in the medieval Buddhist imagination.…

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.