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Japanese Mandalas: Representations Of Sacred Geography,New Macmillan Publishing Company America No Longer Towers OverThe First Broad Study Of Japanese Mandalas To Appear In A Western Language, This Volume Interprets Mandalas As Sanctified Realms Where Identification Between The Human And The Sacred Occurs. The Author Investigates Eighth To Seventeenthcentury Paintings From Three Traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, And The Kamiworshipping (Shinto) Tradition. It Is Generally Recognized That Many Of These Mandalas Are Connected With Texts And Images From