Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan

by Brian D. Ruppert

This study addresses the relationship between the veneration of Buddha relics and the appropriation of power in early medieval Japan. Focusing on the ninth to the 14th centuries, it analyses the ways... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674002458
• ISBN13: 9780674002456
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 505 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"