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Buddhist materiality: a cultural history of objects in Japanese Buddhism

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0804756821 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780804756822 (hbk.)
Author	Rambelli, Fabio
Title	Buddhist materiality : a cultural history of objects in Japanese Buddhism / Fabio Rambelli
Publisher	Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007
Physical desc.	xiv, 394 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Asian religions & cultures
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-372) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The Buddhist philosophy of objects and the status of inanimate entities -- The Buddhist system of objects -- Materality and performativity of sacred texts -- the cultural imagination of trees and the environment -- Tools and labor as mediators between the sacred and the profane -- Objects, rituals, tradition: memorial services (Kuyō) for inanimate objects -- Buddhist sacred commodities and the general economy.
Subject	Material culture -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
	Buddhist religious articles -- Japan
	Buddhism -- Japan -- Customs and practices

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