Buddhist Treasures From Nara; Author: Cunningham, Michael R.; Author: Essay by Yiengpruksawan, Mimi Hall; Hardback; Book

Author: Cunningham, Michael R.; Author: Essay by Yiengpruksawan, Mimi Hall
Hardback; Book; 160 Colour and 83 B&w Illustrations
270 pages
Published: September 1998
Hudson Hills Press Inc
ISBN: 0940717484
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This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine.Commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, on their first visit to the West. The volume includes archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts and calligraphy from the 7th to the 14th century.