Indian Influence on the Art of Japan - Hardcover

Provides a comprehensive study of how Buddhist philosophy and religious concepts completely changed the socio-religious environment and consequently the artistic creations of Japan. The remarkable ability of the people of Japan to comprehend the essence of Buddhism was the key element which helped in transforming the existing Japanese society into a much higher and elevated level of culture. This book makes a meticulous study of the triumphant march of Buddhism and the power of the Japanese people to assimilate the foreign culture, effected through the study of the translations of Buddhist Sutras and also in transforming the art scene which was essentially derived from the cultural heritage of India, as well as that of the Orient. Temporally, the scope of the book is expansive, the period covered is from the fifth millennium B.C. to mid-fourteenth century AD.