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Medicine master Buddha: the iconic worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9004196013 (hbk.)
ISBN	9789004196018 (hbk.)
Author	Suzuki, Yui
Title	Medicine master Buddha : the iconic worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan / by Yui Suzuki
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012
Physical desc.	xi, 180 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 26 cm.
Series	Japanese visual culture 3
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-165) and index.
Contents	The formation of the Yakushi cult -- The magical Yakushi: spirit pacifier and healer-god -- Saicho’s Standing Yakushi and its iconic legacy -- Replicating memory: extant images of the Saicho-Enryakuji lineage -- Reflections on the Jingoji Yakushi and the Saicho connection -- The magnificent seven: Shichibutsu Yakushi icons and ritual.
Subject	Bhaiṣajyaguru (Buddhist deity) -- Art
	Bhaiṣajyaguru (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- Japan
	Buddhist sculpture -- Japan
	Sculpture, Japanese -- Heian period, 794-1185

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