This is the annotated edition including
* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids
The results of Mr. Okakura's visits to China and India, where he made exhaustive studies, are brilliantly set forth in this book, '' The Ideals of the East ", explaining his important and now generally accepted analysis of the movements of thought and art throughout Asia.
Contents:
Introduction
The Range Of Ideals
The Primitive Art Of Japan
Confucianism-Northern China
Laoism And Taoism-Southern China
Buddhism And Indian Art The Asuka Period — 550 To 700 A.D.
The Nara Period — 700 To 800 A.D.
The Heian Period — 800 To 900 A.D.
The Fujiwara Period — 900 To 1200 A.D.
The Kamakura Period — 1200–1400 A.D.
Toyotomi And Early Tokugawa Period — 1600–1700 A.D.
Later Tokugawa Period — 1700–1850 A.D.
The Meiji Period — 1850 To The Present Day The Vista
