TY - BOOK AU - Kaminishi,Ikumi TI - Explaining pictures: Buddhist propaganda and etoki storytelling in Japan SN - 9780824844493 AV - BQ5325.J3 K36 2006 U1 - 294.3/437 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai�i Press KW - Buddhist preaching KW - Japan KW - Storytelling KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism KW - Buddhist painting KW - Narrative painting, Japanese KW - Pr�edication KW - Bouddhisme KW - Japon KW - Art de conter KW - Aspect religieux KW - Peinture bouddhique KW - Peinture narrative japonaise KW - fast KW - Buddhismus KW - gnd KW - Bild KW - Predigt KW - Religi�ose Malerei KW - Wanderprediger KW - Buddhistisk m�alarkonst KW - sao KW - Japansk m�alarkonst KW - Japanskt historiem�aleri KW - ART / Asian KW - bisacsh KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index; Introduction -- PART 1. EARLY PRACTICE OF ETOKI (LATE 10TH-MID 12TH CENTURIES) -- Etoki in History -- Deciphering the Founder of Japanese Buddhism -- PART 2. PURE LAND BUDDHISM AND ETOKI (LATE 12TH-14TH CENTURIES) -- Deciphering the Picture of Pure Land -- Etoki as Pure Land Buddhist Method of Proselytization -- PART 3. IMAGES OF ITINERANT ETOKI (14TH-16TH CENTURIES) -- Itinerant Etoki, Solicitors of Buddhism -- Deciphering the Quasi-Religious Etoki Performer -- PART 4. WOMEN AND SACRED MOUNTAINS (17TH-19TH CENTURIES) -- Kumano Images and Propaganda of Kumano for Women -- Deciphering Mountain Worship; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - Beginning with the claim that the popularisation of Buddhism in the medieval period was a phenomenon of visual culture, this book reexamines the history of medieval Japanese Buddhism. It treats Buddhist art as religious propaganda and pictorial storytelling as a form of popular culture in medieval Japan UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvvmxpt ER -