Ofuda – The Japanese Pantheon in Miniature

Fiche du document

Date

4 novembre 2015

Discipline
Type de document
Périmètre
Langue
Identifiant
Relations

Ce document est lié à :
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1628-2329

Ce document est lié à :
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2109-9219

Organisation

OpenEdition

Licences

All rights reserved , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Résumé 0

By ofuda the Japanese refer to a kind of amulet or talisman printed on a small piece of paper. Pilgrims, the faithful, simple tourists even, rarely visit a Buddhist temple or Shintô shrine without acquiring a piece or two, be that for their own purpose or for the sake of a relative or friend. In appearance and function, these charms are not unlike the “prayer cards” of the Catholic tradition. Bernard Frank (1927-1996), who taught Buddhist iconography at the Collège de France from 1979 to 199...

document thumbnail

Par les mêmes auteurs

Sur les mêmes sujets

Sur les mêmes disciplines

Exporter en