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Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan

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Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan - Levine, Gregory, and Lippit, Yukio
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Transmitted from China to Japan in the 13th century, Zen Buddhism not only introduced religious practices but also literature, calligraphy, philosophy, and ink painting to Japanese disciples. This elegant book discusses these fields as they combined to encompass the evocative practice of figure painting within Zen Buddhism in medieval Japan. Focusing on approximately fifty exceptional Japanese and Chinese paintings and sculptures from the 12th to the early 17th centuries which together illustrate the story of the 'awakening ...

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Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan 2007, Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780300119640

Hardcover