Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture (Bollingen Series LVIII)
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press and Pantheon, 1960. Hardcover. Tan/olive cloth with gilt lettering. 296 pp. with 26 bw plates, 110 bw text figures, and 4 diagrams. no dustjacket. VG+. light rubbing to corners & spine corners & edges. ex-libris sticker to cover flyleaf. Item #171410
Written in 1959 for the 1960 Bollingen Series. Appearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attributes. A pictorial index helps the reader in identifying the gestures.
OCLC: 510038
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