This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine.
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This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine.
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Near Fine. First edition, 1998. Oblong quarto, softcover, 258 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light age-toning to the pages, minor rubbing or wear to the tips of the covers, no dust jacket.
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NF/VG. Green cloth with tan lettering; maroon illustrated dj with white lettering; 258 pp. with 160 color illustrations; . Exhibition catalogue about the museum at Nara commemorates a historic exchange of exhibitions between the Cleveland Museum and the Nara national Museum that brings the treasures of this collection to the west for the first time. Each work discussed in detail, with essaysd describing the works through time.
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