9780913304549 - Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan by Hiromitsu, Washizuka (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. exshos.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+/VG+. Brown cloth over boards; color pictorial dj, brown spine with white lettering. 384 pp. 275 plates and figures, 160 bw and 115 color. Accompanied an exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery, New York; Includes extensive information about early Buddhist art, including murals, sculpture, architecture and more; Beautifully illustrated. Contents as follows: Preface / William Clark, Jr. and Donald Gregg -- Foreword and Acknowledgements / Alexandra Munroe -- Introduction: The Transmission and Transformation of Early Buddhist Culture in Korea and Japan / Jonathan Best -- From the Stone Buddhas of Longxingsi to Buddhist Images of Three Kingdoms Korea and Asuka-Hakuho Japan / Tanabe Saburosuke -- The Monastery Koryuji's "Crowned Maitreya" and the Stone Pensive Bodhisattva Excavated at Longxingsi / Onishi Shuya -- Early Korean Buddhist Sculptures and Related Japanese Examples: Iconographic and Stylistic Comparisons / Kim Lena -- Korean Gilt-Bronze Single Mandorla Buddha Triads and the Dissemination of East Asian Sculptural Style / Kwak Dong-seok -- Korean Elements in Japanese Pictorial Representation in the Early Asuka Period / Ariga Yoshitaka -- A New Theory: Ki as Represented in Koguryo Murals and Buddhist Haloes of the Three Kingdoms Period / Kang Woo-bang -- Todaiji's Great Buddha: Its Foundation in Buddhist Doctrine and Its Chinese and Korean Precedents / Konno Toshifumi -- Techniques of Early Buddhist Sculpture in Japan / Washizuka Hiromitsu -- The Monastery Hwangnyongsa and Buddhism of the Early Silla Period / Park Youngbok -- The Monastery Horyuji: Architectural Forms of Early Buddhism in Japan / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt -- The Art of Avatamsaka Sutra in the Unified Silla Period: The Sanctuary of Sokkuram and Hwaom-kyong Pyonsangdo (Narrative Portrayal in the Avatamsaka Sutra) / Kang Woo-bang -- Early Korean and Japanese Reliquaries in Relation to Pagoda Architecture / Choi Eung-chon -- Buddhist Sculpture -- Sutras and Ritual Objects -- Tiles from Temples -- Roof Tiles of Korea's Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla Periods / Kim Song-gu -- Korean Influence and Japanese Innovation in Tiles of the Asuka-Hakuho Period / Mori Ikuo.…

Hardcover with dustjacket, 384 pages; new condition; still sealed in shrinkwrap; clean and crisp. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. A deep purple fabric-bound book with the title in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a color-illustrated dust jacket, with the title in white down a blue spine. The free and pasted end pages are color illustrated. Pages: (7), 8-384. Contains 275 illustrations, with 115 in full color. "Comparing Korean and Japanese Buddhist art, this volume explores the cultural, ideological and artistic exchange between the two countries during the 6th-9th centuries, when Buddhism took hold throughout northeast Asia. Buddhist sculptures in gilt bronze, wood and stone are the main focus of this work, which contains essays by Korean, Japanese and American scholars." Contents are as follows: Preface / William Clark, Jr. and Donald Gregg -- Foreword and Acknowledgements / Alexandra Munroe -- Introduction: The Transmission and Transformation of Early Buddhist Culture in Korea and Japan / Jonathan Best -- From the Stone Buddhas of Longxingsi to Buddhist Images of Three Kingdoms Korea and Asuka-Hakuho Japan / Tanabe Saburosuke -- The Monastery Koryuji's "Crowned Maitreya" and the Stone Pensive Bodhisattva Excavated at Longxingsi / Onishi Shuya -- Early Korean Buddhist Sculptures and Related Japanese Examples: Iconographic and Stylistic Comparisons / Kim Lena -- Korean Gilt-Bronze Single Mandorla Buddha Triads and the Dissemination of East Asian Sculptural Style / Kwak Dong-seok -- Korean Elements in Japanese Pictorial Representation in the Early Asuka Period / Ariga Yoshitaka -- A New Theory: Ki as Represented in Koguryo Murals and Buddhist Haloes of the Three Kingdoms Period / Kang Woo-bang -- Todaiji's Great Buddha: Its Foundation in Buddhist Doctrine and Its Chinese and Korean Precedents / Konno Toshifumi -- Techniques of Early Buddhist Sculpture in Japan / Washizuka Hiromitsu -- The Monastery Hwangnyongsa and Buddhism of the Early Silla Period / Park Youngbok -- The Monastery Horyuji: Architectural Forms of Early Buddhism in Japan / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt -- The Art of Avatamsaka Sutra in the Unified Silla Period: The Sanctuary of Sokkuram and Hwaom-kyong Pyonsangdo (Narrative Portrayal in the Avatamsaka Sutra) / Kang Woo-bang -- Early Korean and Japanese Reliquaries in Relation to Pagoda Architecture / Choi Eung-chon -- Buddhist Sculpture -- Sutras and Ritual Objects -- Tiles from Temples -- Roof Tiles of Korea's Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla Periods / Kim Song-gu -- Korean Influence and Japanese Innovation in Tiles of the Asuka-Hakuho Period / Mori Ikuo. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine. Stamp on the front free end page. Due date card on back free end page. Stickers on back pasted end page. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. illustrations (some color), index, 383p. Original black cloth. dj. 28 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Handsomely printed copy with elegant silk-like textured covers. Very clean. With 275 illustrations, 115 in color. Includes an insert with the exhibition checklist in Korean. Crisp jacket looking naearly new, with only slight shelfwear at corner tips. Heavy book due to quality paper. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Attractive copy.

Condition: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. NOTE: Oversize, will require additional charges for Priority and international shipping; please inquire prior to ordering. 384 pages; illustrated throughout. Unopened, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. A new copy in like jacket.

Leinen. mit Schutzumschlag. 4° 383 Seiten. Originalleinenband mit Originalschutzumschlag. Sprache: Englisch, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag, ansonsten schönes Exemplar.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

New York, Japan Society, (2003). 384 S Mit sehr zahlr. Abb. u. Ktn. 29 cm. OLn. m. SU. Zur Ausstellung "Transmitting the Forms of Divinity. Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan", presented at Japan Society Gallery, New York, form April 9 through June 22, 2003. - Gut und sauber.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Companion to the exhibit of the same name, which was organized by the Japan Society and the Korea society, New York. The first major exhibition and publication to examine Korea's influence on the development of Buddhist culture in Japan during the sixth through ninth centuries. Many illustrations. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. A birthday card to him is laid in the front. Inside the card is a piece of origami. Condition notes: 384 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; no defects. Cover: dark brown cloth gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelf where DJ: matte indigo, photo of Buddhist art front, white titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. Impressive, heavy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. y edition. 384 pages. 11.00x9.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good.