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9780674392052 Yiengpruksawan: Hiraizumi. Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan. Hardcover 
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  • Hiraizumi. Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan. Hardcover.
  • Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
  • xiv, 263 pages. 1999. In 12th-century Japan, the Hiraizumi Fujiwara's filled their city with art in an attempt to claim a religious and political mandate. This study examines the rise of the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, analyzes their construction programme, and traces the strategies by which they tried to legitimate their rule

9780804806770 Chiba: Sesshu's Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey. Harmonica-folded booklet 
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  • Sesshu's Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey. Harmonica-folded book
  • introduction and commentary by Reiko Chiba
  • 39, harmonica folded, pages, 32 of them illustrated with one long picture. 1959, 1989

9780824831233 Adolphson: The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback 
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  • Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback
  • by Mikael S. Adolphson
  • xvi, 212 pages. 2007

9780870118517 Soho: The Unfettered Mind. Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master. Paperback 
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  • Unfettered Mind. Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master. Paperback
  • Takuan Soho. Translated by William Scott Wilson
  • 104 pages. 1987. The history of the sword in Japan goes back to antiquity. Zen and its meditative practices also have a long history, but it was not until the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns that the techniques of swordsmanship fused with the spirit of Zen.

9780060589462 Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values. Paperback 
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  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, Paperback
  • Robert M. Pirsig
  • xv, 540 pages. 2006. A republication of the New Age classic blends ancient and Eastern philosophy and follows a man's cross-country motorcycle trip with his adolescent son during which they explore the pain, joy, and possibilities of life in the modern world

978071372052520 Bagot: Zen Judo: A Way of Life. Hardback 
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  • Zen Judo: A Way of Life. Hardback
  • Brian N. Bagot
  • 128 pages, many illustrations, appendices, glossary, index. 1990

9780691032030 /o McCallum: Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth 
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  • Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth
  • Donald F. McCallum
  • 352 pages, 1 color illustration, 88 halftones, 5 maps. 1994. One of the most significant traditions of image-making in medieval Japanese Buddhist art is based on a large group of gilt-bronze icons representing the Buddha Amida and his two attendant Bodhisattvas. The prototype, a secret image enshrined at Zenkoji in Nagano Prefecture, served as the basis both for numerous replications found in temples throughout Japan.