Mudra: a study of symbolic gestures in japanese buddhist sculpture
Auteur :
Saunders, Ernest Dale
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691018669
Date de publication :
21 mars 1985
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
482 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Appearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attribut