Murōji : rearranging art and history at a Japanese Buddhist temple /

"Muroji: Rearranging Art and History at a Japanese Buddhist Temple is the first in-depth examination in English of the temple's art, architecture, and history. Relying on sensitive consideration of context along with traditional art historical modes of analysis, it offers a fuller understa...

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Author / Contributor: Fowler, Sherry D., 1957-
Imprint: Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2005.
Format: Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Below the surface of Mt. Murt
  • Religious affiliations and contested histories
  • Buildings and rebuildings of Muroji architecture
  • Stories of the pagoda
  • Kifukuji connetions at the Maitraya Hall
  • The main hall
  • Okunoin
  • Outside and inside of the Muroji golden hall
  • Shifting identities and trading places in the golden hall
  • Manifestations of multiplicity at Muroji.