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This renowned guide to Kamakura, a beautiful city rich in tradition and history, once the nation's capital and now a favourite tourist destination, was written in 1918 by Gertrude Passingham who married a Japanese diplomat and was the only Englishwoman to bear the title of Countess in the Meiji era Japan. Kamakura is home to many famous temples, was associated with the great Minamoto clan of Heian times, and has given its name to the Kamakura period of Japanese history when Zen was introduced and the arts flourished, leaving the city with an unrivalled heritage. Frustrated with the lack of Japanese guides to Kamakura in the English language, the Countess set out to write a book that would introduce readers and travellers to the charms, legends and traditions of a largely undiscovered city, linking the sights of the present day to the history behind them, drawing upon authoritative Japanese sources. The work is constructed like a tour, each of forty three famous sites or temples has its own detailed chapter, in which descriptions of architecture and art are mixed with those of daily life and legend. Written from a unique perspective and illustrated with period photographs, this is still regarded as the best guide to this timeless city sanctified by centuries of beauty and worship.

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The Kamakura period (1185–1333) is considered a pinnacle of Japanese artistic expression, often described as a renaissance in Buddhist art. This catalogue is the first in over two decades to examine the exquisite sculpture of this period, artwork characterized by an intense corporeal presence, naturalistic proportions, a sense of movement, realistic drapery, and lifelike facial expressions animated by eyes made of inlaid crystal. The sculptures played an important role in the practice of Buddhism during these years, as the vivid representations facilitated an immediate communion between deity and worshipper. The custom of placing sacred relics, texts, and even miniature icons into the sculptures’ hollow interiors further enlivened the works and invested them with spiritual significance. Essays by noted scholars explore the sculptures’ arresting exteriors and powerful interiors, examining the technical and stylistic innovations that made them possible, and offering new context for their ritual and devotional uses. They demonstrate that the physical beauty and technical brilliance of Kamakura statues are profoundly associated with their spiritual dimension and devotional functions.

The Kamakura period (1185–1333) is considered a pinnacle of Japanese artistic expression, often described as a renaissance in Buddhist art. This catalogue is the first in over two decades to examine the exquisite sculpture of this period, artwork characterized by an intense corporeal presence, naturalistic proportions, a sense of movement, realistic drapery, and lifelike facial expressions animated by eyes made of inlaid crystal. The sculptures played an important role in the practice of Buddhism during these years, as the vivid representations facilitated an immediate communion between deity and worshipper. The custom of placing sacred relics, texts, and even miniature icons into the sculptures’ hollow interiors further enlivened the works and invested them with spiritual significance. Essays by noted scholars explore the sculptures’ arresting exteriors and powerful interiors, examining the technical and stylistic innovations that made them possible, and offering new context for their ritual and devotional uses. They demonstrate that the physical beauty and technical brilliance of Kamakura statues are profoundly associated with their spiritual dimension and devotional functions.

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Japanese historians have dealt with Kamakura Buddhism in terms of the major sectarian developments of the time, tending to ignore the fact that the ancient sects continued to exist and exert influence on the development of the tradition. Prof. Morrell has provided "a minority report," a study of these smaller but nonetheless important groups within Buddhism during the Kamakura period. This is a much needed addition to the works dealing with the history and religions of Japan. It will be of interest not only to Buddhist scholars but to all those who deal with the culture of Japan."... This book is an exciting, important collection, well worth the time to read and suitable for libraries..."--Choice

The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto, with the newer warrior government gradually gaining ascendancy.

Classic Japanese design meditating Buddha statue, similar to the famous "Kamakura Buddha" at the popular shrine in Kamakura, Japan. Crafted with remarkable detail, each piece is hand finished with a beautiful, authentic looking faux bronze antique patina. Buddhist art strives to create the experience of calm and serenity in the viewer, and this Buddha statue strives to bring that same feeling to the rooms where they're placed, in the home or office. Color: Brown.

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Once attributed to the itinerant poet-priest Saigyo (1118–1190), The Senjūshō is a collection of Buddhist tales (bukkyō setsu-washū) from the early Kamakura period (1185–1333). Students of Japanese history, liter- ature, and religion will find much of interest in this translation based on the Matsudaira text.

Three sisters - Sachi, Yoshino and Chika - live together in the city of Kamakura, Japan. When their father - absent from the family home for the last 15 years - dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their shy, teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings.

Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of consciouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a joyful inspiration in life - a state that has been compared to being free under a blue sky after imprisonment.

Japanese Swords from American Collections is the first volume of an ongoing series. This effort aims to catalog some of the many swords here in the United States and share them with the world. There are 43 blades featured in this volume. Works span from the Kamakura period up to the 1940's. This book is richly illustrated with over 80 high resolution images, many of winch are full-page composites of multiple photographs. The photography in this book presents the opportunity to study jigane and hataraki in combination with detailed text explanations, creating an excellent learning resource. Those who are new to the study of Japanese Swords will find this to be an exciting introduction to the variety, wonder and beauty of Nihonto. Seasoned students of sword study will look to this series as highly useful research reference. Lastly, this series hopes to convey the typical nature and level of private collections among life-long enthusiasts here in the United States.

When Osamu Dazai was 21 years old, he met a married woman in Ginza Cafe and they lived together for three days, then took the sleeping pills to commit suicide by jumping into the water at Kamakura. Finally, he was saved but the 18 years old woman died. Hence, Osamu Dazai was charged with ''the crime of helping other suicide''; though he was free of complain, he created the Flowers of Buffoonery out of the sense of guilt from committing suicide together but letting the lover die alone. The Flowers of Buffoonery has the same hero Oba Yozo with No Longer Human. It tells the life of Oba Yozo in the sanatorium after being saved and the hero is young, impulsive and proud, thus different with the self-abased, timid and dispirited one in No Longer Human. In the novel, Osamu Dazai analyzes the heart journey of the seemingly decadent Oba Yozo surviving in the hopeless situation in his pinnacle work No Longer Human and reveals many secrets about writing.

This third volume in The Cambridge History of Japan is devoted to the three and a half centuries spanning the final decades of the twelfth century when the Kamakura bakufu was founded, to the mid-sixteenth century when civil wars raged following the effective demise of the Muromachi bakufu. Volume 3 contains thirteen specially commissioned essays written by leading Japanese and American scholars that survey the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society, and culture, as well as its relations with its Asian neighbors. The essays reflect the most recent scholarly research on the history of this period. The volume creates a rich tapestry of the events that took place during these colorful centuries, when the warrior class ruled Japan, institutions underwent fundamental transformations, the economy grew steadily, and Japanese culture and society evolved with surprising vitality to leave legacies that still characterize and affect contemporary Japan.