Accounts and images of Six Kannon in Japan
by
 
Fowler, Sherry D., 1957- author.

Title
Accounts and images of Six Kannon in Japan

Author
Fowler, Sherry D., 1957- author.

ISBN
9780824856229

Personal Author
Fowler, Sherry D., 1957- author.

Publication Information
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]

Physical Description
xx, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 27 cm.

Contents
Reconstructing Six Kannon from the tenth to the twelfth centuries -- A vision at Six Kannon Lake and Six Kannon/six kami relationships in Kyushu -- Traveling sets and ritual performance -- The six-syllable sutra ritual mandala and the Six Kannon -- Painting the Six Kannon -- Bodies and benefits : from Six to Thirty-three Kannon.

Subject Term
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) -- Art.
 
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- Japan.
 
Buddhist gods in art.
 
Buddhist art -- Japan.

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805
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LibraryShelf NumberItem BarcodeCopyMaterial TypeStatus
NPM LibraryN8193.3 A82 F69 2016107020141B*二館西文書一區