Outputs (2)

The Buddhist World of Hokusai: Lotus Practices and the Religious Frenzy of Urban Edo (2023)
Book Chapter
Dolce, L. (2023). The Buddhist World of Hokusai: Lotus Practices and the Religious Frenzy of Urban Edo. In T. Clark (Ed.), Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society, Legacy (89-102). The British Museum

A Sutra as a Notebook? Printing and Repurposing Scriptures in Medieval Japan (2023)
Journal Article
Dolce, L. (2023). A Sutra as a Notebook? Printing and Repurposing Scriptures in Medieval Japan. Ars orientalis, 52, 40-74. https://doi.org/10.3998/ars.3987

This study considers how printed scriptures were repurposed in medieval Japan through manuscript interventions. My starting point is the so-called Chū Hokekyō (Annotated Lotus Sutra), a copy of the Lotus Sutra probably printed in the Nara area and ow... Read More about A Sutra as a Notebook? Printing and Repurposing Scriptures in Medieval Japan.