Word Embodied: The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art

by Halle O'Neal

In this study of the Japanese jeweled pagoda mandalas, Halle O'Neal reveals the entangled realms of sacred body, beauty, and salvation. Much of the previous scholarship on these paintings concentrates on formal analysis and iconographic study of their narrative vignettes. This has marginalized the intriguing interplay of text and image at their heart, precluding a holistic understanding of the mandalas and diluting their full import in Buddhist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674983866
• ISBN13: 9780674983861
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.2"