Enlightenment embodied: The art of the Japanese Buddhist sculptor (7th-14th centuries) Brooks Haxton contains an eclectic mix of

contains an eclectic mix of musings and 180 full-color and black-and-white photos and illustrations—presented in the same improvisational

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Enlightenment embodied: The art of the Japanese Buddhist sculptor (7th-14th centuries) Brooks Haxton contains an eclectic mix ofThe exhibition contains 32 individual and group sculptures, all masterpieces of which many could be seen only in Japan. The statues range from peaceful, reflective and self contained Buddhas ("ones who have awakened to the truth") to fanged and ferocious protective deities, assuming aggressive postures, their muscles and eyeballs bulging as they strive to cut through ignorance and defend Buddhist Law. A section of the exhibition is devoted to