Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture

by E. Dale Saunders

$45 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

New York: Pantheon Books, 1960 . First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 296pp. Gold lettering on front board and spine over tan cloth. Book contains b/w copies of photographs depicting Japanese Buddhist statues and b/w photos of the eight principal & six secondary symbolic gestures. Interesting work discussing the importance of form and posture in the Japanese Buddhist style of sculpture. Explains the connections between

• Binding: Hardcover

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