Kawasaki Tsuyoshi is a Professor of medieval Japanese literature at Shūjitsu University.
關鍵詞
spatial and temporal imaginaire; Mino’o; En no Gyōja; yamabushi; sangoku denrai; Kanjō; Ninnaji; Shichi tengu-e
摘要
In this article, I attend to the creative processes involved both in the writ-ing and the reception of jisha engi, through the example of a twelfth century Shugendo engi called Mino’odera engi. First, I examine how the Mino’odera engi contributed decisively to the hagiographic evolution of En no Gyōja, the seventh-century figure whom Shugendo practitioners chose as their founder. Then I focus on the way in which this text was used and received, both at Mino’odera and in a broader, regional context. Through comparison with historical, literary, and religious sources, I argue that documents like the Mino’odera engi played an instrumental role in restructuring the spatial and temporal imaginaire of their surroundings and of Japanese Buddhism. Over-all, my aim is to draw attention not only to the composition and the contents of engi-type documents, but also to their use and circulation in the early medi-eval period.
目次
The Contents and History of the Mino’odera engi Religious Activity and Engi at Mino’odera Esoteric Orthodoxy and the Dream Initiation (muchū kanjō) Conclusion References
