Koryŏ Buddhist Paintings and the Cult of Amitābha: Visions of a Hwaŏm-Inspired Pure Land
Many paintings of Amitābha were commissioned for devotional use by elites in numerous votive shrines and temples, and others probably played a role in the abundant Buddhist festivals and ceremonies of the Koryŏ period. Images of Amitābha and Amitābha triads functioned in a variety of devotional sett...
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University of Hawai'i Press
2015
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Journal of Korean religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-130 |
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votive temples [End Page 93]
B Hwaŏm Buddhism B Koryŏ Buddhist paintings B Pure Land Buddhism B Amitābha cult |
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