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The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of Japanese Waka in the Heian Period
Contributor(s): Miller, Stephen D. (Author)
ISBN: 1933947861     ISBN-13: 9781933947860
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
OUR PRICE:   $128.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Japan
- Literary Criticism | Asian - General
- Religion | Buddhism - History
Dewey: 895.609
LCCN: 2012953208
Series: Cornell East Asia
Physical Information: 1.42" H x 5.94" W x 8.72" (1.85 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
 
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The Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among court poets of a belief in the production of that poetry as a Buddhist practice in itself.