Through the Open Gate of Heavens: The Tōdaiji Objects and Salvation in Vairocana's Lotus Treasury World
The set of eighth-century objects known as the “Tōdaiji Golden Hall Platform Pacifying Objects” (Tōdaiji Kondō chindangu 東大寺金堂鎮壇具; “Tōdaiji objects”) is among the earliest concrete evidence of ritual practice in the Nara period. This study reveals how the Tōdaiji objects transformed the space inside...
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 4 |
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Kegonkyō
B Tōdaiji chindangu B Shōtoku B Japanese Buddhism B Bonmokyō B Nara period B Tōdaiji B Kōken B Shōsōin |
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