Toyok (Tuyugou) Cave 20: A Pure Land Cave Temple in the Desert with the Earliest Illustrations of the Visualization Sūtra

In this paper, I examine the iconography, religious function and text–image relationship of one of the earliest illustrations of the apocryphal Visualization Sūtra, namely, the mural painting on the left (south) wall of Cave 20 at the Toyok Grottoes in Turfan created in the late sixth century. I stu...

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Main Author: Zhao, Yi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Visualization Sūtra
B contemplation of the impure
B Pure Land visualizations
B Toyok (Toyuq)
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