Constructing the Dharma king
An edition of Constructing the Dharma king (2015)
the Hōryūji Shaka triad and the birth of the Prince Shōtoku cult
By Akiko Walley
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Brill
Language
eng
Pages
233
Description:
Featuring the renowned seventh-century gilt-bronze Sakyamuni (Shaka) triad at the Horyuji, Constructing the Dharma King reveals how the impression of a Buddhist image evolved in Yamato, Japan, from the indistinct sense of divine otherness at the early stage of the transmission to more concrete ideals and values concerning families, authority, and kingship.