
The Seven Tengu Scrolls
Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
Haruko Wakabayashi(Author)
University of Hawai'i Press
Published on 30. April 2012
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8248-3416-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of visual and textual images of the well-known mythical Japanese creature tengu in medieval Japan, focusing on a late 13th century illustrated hand scroll known as the Tengu zoshi. This half human, half bird trickster figure came to represent destructive, impure, and transgressive impulses. In examining representation of the tengu, the author reflects on the place and nature of evil in the medieval Buddhist imagination.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Honolulu, HI
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
36 illustrations, 2 in colour
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8248-3416-6 (9780824834166)
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Haruko Wakabayashi is adjunct lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University.