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Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India: More Collected Papers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In these articles, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
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Modern Ink: The Art of Huang Binhong (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Huang Binhong, a key twentieth-century artist and art historian, produced floral works and the rare figure painting but focused intently on landscapes. This volume... Læs mere
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The Most Offending Soul Alive: The Life of Tom Harrison (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An English eccentric and adventurer, Tom Harrisson sought knowledge in a number of fields, breaking most of the rules of ""civilized"" society.... Læs mere
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Hyakunin'shu: Reading the Hundred Poets in Late Edo Japan (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores the ‘popular literary literacy’ of the Japanese at the edge of modernity. By reproducing and translating a popular annotated and illustrated Ansei-era (1854-1859) edition of the Hyakunin isshu, Joshua Mostow reveals how commoners of the time made sense of the collection.
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The Divine Eye and the Diaspora: Vietnamese Syncretism Becomes Transpacific Caodaism (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Looks at the connections between “the age of revelations” (1925-1934) in French Indochina and the “age of diaspora”... Læs mere
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The Buddhist Dead (Studies in East Asian Buddhism) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is the first full length volume to investigate the place of death in Buddhism in a pan-Asian context.
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Waiting for Wolves in Japan: An Anthropological Study of People-wildlife Relations (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Basing this work on his ethnographic fieldwork in mountain villages of Japan's Kii Peninsula in the late 1980s, Knight examines an issue relevant to any locale debating whether to re-introduce wolves. His analysis draws on the observation from structural
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How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650–850 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: Kan forudbestilles (Forventes d. 31-08-2026)
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The Excremental Imagination: Disgust, Compassion, and Laughter in Medieval Japan (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: Kan forudbestilles (Forventes d. 31-08-2026)
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Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds: Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Southeast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’s... Læs mere
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Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
By the twelfth century, an estate ""system"" permeated much of the Japanese archipelago. This volume examines the system from three... Læs mere
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Hawaiki Rising: Hokule'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In 1975, a replica of an ancient Hawaiian canoe - Hokule‘a - was launched to sail the ancient star paths, and help Hawaiians reclaim... Læs mere
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