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Mudra - A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture

English · Paperback / Softback

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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

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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

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