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The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity
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Hardcover
from Columbia Univ Pr (February 1, 1990)
9780231069588 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $97.00
About: In this peerless study of the Kasuga Gongen genki, twenty fourteenth-century picture scrolls illuminating the sacred powers of the Kasuga Shrine on Mount Miyama, Royall Tyler collapses the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religious practice and argues for reading in the scrolls critical reflections of developments in Japanese history, society, culture, literature, and religion.
About: In this peerless study of the Kasuga Gongen genki, twenty fourteenth-century picture scrolls illuminating the sacred powers of the Kasuga Shrine on Mount Miyama, Royall Tyler collapses the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religious practice and argues for reading in the scrolls critical reflections of developments in Japanese history, society, culture, literature, and religion.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Columbia Univ Pr (April 5, 2016)
9780231069595 | details & prices | 314 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.04 lbs | List price $30.00
About: 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.
About: 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.