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With A Single Glance: Buddhist Icon And Early Mikkyo Vision-used Windes Above It AllWith A Single Glance Considers The Visual Culture Of The Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Tradition, Mikkyo, At The Time Of Its Introduction To Japan Early In The Ninth Century. Huge Painted Mandalas Of Assembled Colorful Divinities, Handheld Giltbronze Vajra, And Statues On Temple Altars Were More Than Ritual Aids. Cynthea Bogel Demonstrates That The Visual And Visionary Impact Of Mikkyo Material Culture Was Transformatory, Not Only To The Adherent, But At