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Publication details [#57574]
Eubanks, Charlotte. 2013. Reading by heart: translated Buddhism and the pictorial Heart Sutras of Early Modern Japan. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2013 (220) : 7–25.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper discusses early modern Japanese pictorial heart sutras “not merely as verbal constructs but as social products”, which may be explored to disclose textual engagement patterns, translation practices and specific techniques for linking the quotidian world with the permanent religious doctrine realm.