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‘Bodhisattva Bodies’: Early Twentieth Century Indian Influences on Modern Japanese Buddhist Art
ArtsThe first decade of the twentieth century marked a turning point for Japanese Buddhism. With the introduction of Western academia, Buddhist scholars began to uncover the history of Buddhism, and through their efforts, they discovered India as the ...
Chao Chi Chiu
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Research on a Buddha Mountain in Colonial-Period Korea: A Preliminary Discussion
Religions, 2021 Buddhist art became the focus of discussion when Japanese scholars began to construct Korean art history as an academic discipline. This paper presents a case study of how a particular Buddhist site, Mount Nam in Kyŏngju, was recognized, researched, and ...
Sunkyung Kim
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The evolution and spread of the image of "Nagas bathing Siddhartha" in Buddhism art
Trans/Form/Ação, 2023 The image of the "Nagas Bathing Siddhartha", an important theme in Buddhist art, was produced in India and has appeared successively in Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Tibet and other places in China during ...
Xiaodan Liu +3 more
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Religions, 2022 This article investigates two issues regarding the Buddhism of premodern Japanese martial arts. The first issue concerns the historical channels through which Buddhist elements were adopted into martial lineages, and the second pertains to the general ...
Steven Trenson
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Analyse the differences in origin and layout of Chinese Buddhist and Taoist architecture [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 This article mainly lists differences between Buddhist and Taoist architecture in China, and compares them in various aspects by analyzing the layout and origin of the architecture and combining religious meanings.
Shen Jiachen
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Portable Faith: Toward a Non-Site-Specific History of Buddhist Art in Japan
Ars Orientalis, 2023 From small-scale shrines to handheld icons and votive tablets, portability has long factored into the design and reception of Buddhist art. This article charts the uses and design of portable objects that are as instrumental and effective as their ...
Chun-Wa Chan
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European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet +2 more
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Presence, Power, and Agency: Donor Portraits in Early Gandharan Art
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale, 2023 The aim of this paper is to shed light on locally constructed sculptural representations of donors and devotees from Butkara I in Swat valley – one of the earliest Buddhist sites in the Greater Gandhara region.
Elahi, Moizza S.
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Oriental Studies, 2018 The theme of article is Buddhist art of modern Kalmykia. Cult art of the Kalmyks was formed in the course of Buddhist fi ne art canon by the infl uence of traditional culture. Buddhist iconography in interpreting of nomads is syncreatic.
Svetlana Garrievna Batyreva
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“Ritual and Magic” in Buddhist Visual Culture from the Bird Totem
Religions, 2022 Despite numerous research findings related to medieval Chinese Buddhism, the witchcraft role of bird totems in Buddhist history has not received sufficient attention.
Zhilong Yan, Aixin Zhang
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