From the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries Japanese monks created hundreds of maps to construct and locate their place in a Buddhist world. This expansively illustrated volume is the first to explore the largely unknown archive of Japanese Buddhist world maps and analyze their production, reproduction, and reception. Visit the publisher's homepage for more information.
Title: The Japanese Buddhist World Map: Religious Vision and the Cartographic Imagination
Author: D. Max Moerman
Affiliation: Barnard College, Columbia University
Publisher: University of Hawai’i Press
Release Date: December 2021
Homepage：https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-japanese-buddhist-world-map-religious-vision-and-the-cartographic-imagination/