{"product_id":"0883929101870","title":"Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 - Season 1, Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629–1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his important place in the world of late-seventeenth-century Japanese Buddhism. At the same time, the book shows the richness of early modern Japanese Buddhist art, which has often been neglected and undervalued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTankai was firmly committed to the spiritual disciplines of mountain Buddhism—seclusion, severe asceticism, meditation, and ritual. But in the 1680s, after being appointed head of a small, run-down temple on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, near Nara, he revealed that he was also a gifted artist and administrator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign of constructing temple halls and commissioning icons, and the Ikoma temple, soon renamed Hōzanji, became a vibrant center of popular Buddhism, as it remains today. He was a remarkably productive artist, and by the end of his life more than 150 works were associated with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major reconsideration of a key artistic and religious figure, \u003ci\u003ePreserving the Dharma\u003c\/i\u003e brings much-needed attention to an overlooked period of Japanese Buddhist art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER HOME VIDEO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47087652110576,"sku":"0883929101870","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0883929101870_p0.jpg?v=1763888418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0883929101870","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}