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Entering the Pure Land: Hanamatsuri and the Ōkagura Jōdo-iri Ritual of Okumikawa |
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Lee, William
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.33 n.2 |
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| Date | 2006 |
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| Pages | 249 - 267 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | William Lee is an Associate Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Centre of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. |
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| Keyword | hanamatsuri; kagura; jōdo-iri; Pure Land; Shugendō |
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| Abstract | While the concept of the Pure Land found its way into many mainstream Buddhist
doctrines and practices, it also was adopted by yamabushi of the syncretistic
Shugendō cult. This article examines one example of this incorporation,
namely the kagura of the Okumikawa region (present-day Aichi Prefecture).
Today this region is perhaps best known for its many hanamatsuri, the yearend
festivals that are characterized by yudate rituals and the appearance of
masked demons (oni). The hanamatsuri, however, can be seen as a variant of an
older kagura festival, which during the Edo period continued to be mounted
periodically by several villages acting together. Although now extinct, several
records have survived and have made it possible to piece together not only
the general outline of this now non-extant festival but also some details of its individual steps. One of the most intriguing of these was the jōdo-iri ritual, a symbolic re-creation of the act of entering the Pure Land. While the symbolic enactment of death and rebirth has long been recognized as a ritual practice of the yamabushi themselves, the jōdo-iri indicates that it was also an important part of Shugendō-influenced religious services for the laity. Its trace, moreover, while faint, can still be seen in the surviving hanamatsuri. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1970 |
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| Created date | 2007.08.02 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.07 |
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