Multimedia Collection
Buddha in the Land of the Kami
(Japan Past & Present series)
VHS
54 minutes
DS851 .B831 1989
Begins with the creation myth of Japan and explains the origin and scope of the Kami concept; explains the arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and the Kami were assimilated; discusses the role of Chinese culture, style, and writing in Japanese culture; and demonstrates how the Japanese garden epitomizes the Japanese view of the relationship between man and nature, space, time, and reality.
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