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Creating Devotional Art with Body Fragments: The Buddhist Nun Bunchi and Her Father, Emperor Gomizuno-o. |
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Fister, Patricia
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.27 n.3-4 |
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| Date | 2000 |
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| Pages | 213 - 238 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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| Publisher Url |
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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| Keyword | 比丘尼=Buddhist Nun=Bhiksuni=Bhikkhuni; 佛教人物=Buddhist; devotional art; Bunchi; Emperor Gomizuno-o; myogo; Ensho-ji; relics; fingernails |
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| Abstract | This article explores the relic-making activities of the Buddhist nun
Bunchi, the eldest daughter of Emperor Gomizuno-o and founder of the
imperial convent Enshd-ji in Nara. Influenced by her father's preoccupa
tion with placing his own bodily relics, especially teeth, in Kyoto Zen tem
ples, Bunchi created a variety of devotional objects using his bodily relics.
These include several tablets inscribed with myogo (names of Buddhist
deities written as invocations) made with her father’s fingernail clippings
and a clay statue of Gomizuno-o with some of his hair inserted. She also
transcribed sutras using some of her own blood. Bunchi's works are intro
duced and analyzed in connection with the tradition of relic worship in
Jaimn. The motivation underlying the creating and placing of relics by
father and daughter are also discussed. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1394 |
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| Created date | 2006.04.26 |
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| Modified date | 2017.08.28 |
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