Sacred Treasures of Mount Koya: The Art of Japanese Shingon Buddhism

by Koyasan Reihokan Museum

In 817 the great Buddhist monk K b Daishi K kai selected Mount K ya as the training center for Shingon Buddhism. Since then hundreds of works of religious art were collected and preserved at Mount K ya, including treasures of Shingon Mikky itself and other forms of Buddhism, of Shint , Shugen, and syncretic practice--each an expression of faith and many influential in the development of Japanese religious thought and culture. To commemorate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082482802X
• ISBN13: 9780824828028
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Kongobuji Headquarters
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 11.7"