Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: Japan
 

Week 3

Video clip of Shingon ritual
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Details from the illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji.

 

Taira Family Lotus Sutra. Cheike Nkyo.

 

Taira Family Lotus Sutra. Frontispiece to Chapter 13.

Taira Family Lotus Sutra. Frontispiece to Chapter 23.

Taira Family Lotus Sutra. Frontispiece to Chapter 27.
 


 
 

Amida Crossing the Mountains, 13th c. H:101 cm, W:83 cm.

Descent of Amida and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, 13th c. H:145.1 cm, W:154.5 cm.

Detail from Descent of Amida and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas.


 


Kong-kai. Mandala of the Two Worlds (The so-called Shingon-in Mandala), Later half 9th c.


Detail from Kong-kai.
   

Taiz-kai. Mandala of the Two Worlds (The so-called Shingon-in Mandala), Later half 9th c.

Detail from Taiz-kai.
 


 
 
 

Taima mandara engi emaki (Illustrated handscroll of the legends of the Taima Mandala). First section of the second scroll, Mid-13th c. H:51.6 cm, Total L:700.8 cm.