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Tuttle Publishing (2012), 152 pages
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Donald Richie, the dean of art critics in Japan, offers a guided tour of the marvellous temples of Japans ancient capital, Kyoto. Richie presents twenty-one turns temples with authoritative scholarship and an eye for the dramatic, drawing on such classic sources as The Tale of Genji and Essays in Idleness. First on the itinerary is a comprehensive history of Japanese Buddhism narrating the development of these celestial-seeming cities. From the Tendai warrior-priests of Enryaku-ji to the floating vision of paradise at Byodo-in, the past springs eternal in the Temples of Kyoto. Share the thrills in hundreds of brilliant photographs of the temples.
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9781462908578
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The Temples of Kyoto takes you on a journey through these environs and presents twenty-one of these marvelous structures that are unique creations which, while quintessentially Japanese, somehow speak a universal language readily appreciated by people the world over.
Donald Richie, called by Time
Brilliant photographs of the temples, taken by the award-winning photographer Alexandre Georges, complement the text and provide a visual overview of the subject matter. His keen eye captures on film the elements that make each temple noteworthy, including their interiors, and objets d'art, in a fresh and thought provoking manner. The result is this book: a testament and meditation on the power and elegance of these world-renowned structures that are both places of worship and examples of the finest art Japan has ever produced.
Donald Richie, called by Time
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magazine, "the dean of art critics in Japan," turns his attention to these twenty-one temples with scholarship and an eye for the dramatic. Drawing off such classic sources as The Tale of Genji and Essays in Idleness, he takes the reader on a tour through the ages, first with a comprehensive history of Japanese Buddhism, and then by highlighting key events in the development of these "celestial-seeming cities."Brilliant photographs of the temples, taken by the award-winning photographer Alexandre Georges, complement the text and provide a visual overview of the subject matter. His keen eye captures on film the elements that make each temple noteworthy, including their interiors, and objets d'art, in a fresh and thought provoking manner. The result is this book: a testament and meditation on the power and elegance of these world-renowned structures that are both places of worship and examples of the finest art Japan has ever produced.
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Pages
152