Preface ......................................................... 7
Chronology ..................................................... 10
1. Periods in Japanese Buddhist Art ............................ 11
The Arrival of Buddhism in japan and the Influence of
Chinese Culture there ....................................... 11
The Golden age of Buddhism in Japan, its Main Schools and
Sects ....................................................... 13
Nara Period ................................................. 13
Heian Period ................................................ 13
The Zen ..................................................... 19
The Tea Ceremony ............................................ 22
2. Techniques and Materials .................................... 24
3. The Japanese Buddhist Monasteries ........................... 27
4. Structure of the Pantheon, Analyses of Different Works
of Art ...................................................... 31
The Structure of the Pantheon and its Main Iconographic
Features .................................................... 31
Buddhas ..................................................... 33
Shaka Nyōrai ................................................ 34
Nehan Images ................................................ 35
The Shaka Triad and the Sixteen Zenshins .................... 38
Amida Nyōrai ................................................ 38
The Paradise of Amida; Taima-mandara ........................ 39
Dainichi Nyōrai ............................................. 42
Bodhisattvas ................................................ 45
Kannon Bosatsu .............................................. 46
Eleven-headed Kannon (J: Jūichimen) ......................... 48
Senju-zengen Kannon ......................................... 48
Nyōirin Kannon .............................................. 50
Jizō Bosatsu ................................................ 50
Monju Bosatsu ............................................... 51
Fugen Bosatsu ............................................... 51
Kongōsatta .................................................. 54
Daizuigu-darani ............................................. 54
Myo-os ...................................................... 57
Fudo Муō-ō .................................................. 57
Aizen Муō-ō ................................................. 58
The Defenders of the Faith, the Lokapālas ................... 60
Kongō-rikishi or Ni-ō ....................................... 62
Shitenno .................................................... 62
Benzaiten or Benten ......................................... 63
Idaten ...................................................... 63
Arhats ...................................................... 68
Patriarchs .................................................. 68
Bibliography ................................................... 68
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