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<p>From the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries Japanese monks created hundreds of maps to construct and locate their place in a Buddhist world. This expansively illustrated volume is the first to explore the largely unknown archive of Japanese Buddhist world maps and analyze their production, reproduction, and reception. In examining these fascinating sources of visual and material culture, author D. Max Moerman argues for an alternative history of Japanese Buddhism—one that compels us
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Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- D. Max Moerman
- Publisher
- University of Hawaiʻi Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824886783
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Science, Art, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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