Depictions of the Journey to the Heavenly Realm in Early Modern Catholic and Japanese Buddhist Iconography
This article works to identify an intersection of the Catholic and Buddhist pictorial traditions with regard to the symbolism of the journey to the spiritual world. In both Christian and Buddhist traditions, the river/ ocean is a popular symbol that designates the border between this world and the o...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 135-159 |
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Christian Art
The Ship of the Church
the Jesuits
Japanese Buddhist Art
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