Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan

Washizuka, Hiromitsu and Woo-Bang, Kang and Youngbok, Park

ISBN 10: 0913304549 / ISBN 13: 9780913304549

Published by Japan Society and Harry N. Abrams, 2003

About this Item

No markings. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Attractive copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan
• Publisher: Japan Society and Harry N. Abrams
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913304549
• ISBN 13: 9780913304549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Washizuka Hiromitsu, Director of the Nara National Museum in Japan, and Kang Woo-bang, Professor at Ewha Woman's University and former director of the Gyeongju National Museum in Korea, are co-curators of the accompanying exhibition.