{"product_id":"preserving-the-dharma-john-m-rosenfield-9780691163970","title":"Preserving the Dharma: H\u0026#333;zan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629-1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his important place in the world of late-seventeenth-century Japanese Buddhism. At the same time, the book shows the richness of early modern Japanese Buddhist art, which has often been neglected and undervalued. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTankai was firmly committed to the spiritual disciplines of mountain Buddhism--seclusion, severe asceticism, meditation, and ritual. But in the 1680s, after being appointed head of a small, run-down temple on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, near Nara, he revealed that he was also a gifted artist and administrator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign of constructing temple halls and commissioning icons, and the Ikoma temple, soon renamed Hōzanji, became a vibrant center of popular Buddhism, as it remains today. He was a remarkably productive artist, and by the end of his life more than 150 works were associated with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major reconsideration of a key artistic and religious figure, \u003ci\u003ePreserving the Dharma\u003c\/i\u003e brings much-needed attention to an overlooked period of Japanese Buddhist art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John M. Rosenfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691163979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691163970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017","brand":"John M. Rosenfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47199879004415,"sku":"9780691163970","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_246659ef-22f0-40cb-b805-dfd59cc793ee.jpg?v=1756785456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/preserving-the-dharma-john-m-rosenfield-9780691163970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}