Mudra - A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture

Summary

Appearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attribut

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Dale Saunders
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.1985
• EAN: 9780691018669
• ISBN: 978-0-691-01866-9
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 541 g
• Series: Bollingen Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, ART / History / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, ART / Asian / General, ART / Asian / Japanese, Buddhism, History of Art, Non-graphic art forms, East Asia, Far East, Oriental art, Non-graphic and electronic art forms