Chinese visual texts, Japanese spatial contexts: Mandala installation and the reading of empowered space in Japan
This article analyzes the various display strategies for the Diamond and Womb World mandalas of esoteric Shingon (C. zhenyan 真言) Buddhism in Japan, which Kūkai (774-835 CE) first imported from China in 806 CE. It will offer contextualized spatial hermeneutics to interpret the ritual-functional signi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 306-329 |
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Kokubunji
B Dōmoto Inshō B Kūkai B Shingon B Hasedera B Two World Mandalas B Shinnyo-en |
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