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The Gender of Buddhist Truth: The Female Corpse in a Group of Japanese Paintings |
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Author |
Chin, Gail
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Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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Volume | v.25 n.3-4 |
Date | 1998 |
Pages | 277 - 317 |
Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
Publisher Url |
http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Keyword | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 繪畫=painting |
Abstract | Japanese Buddhism is generally considered to be misogynist in nature. Scholars, who are familiar with paintings of the female body in nine aspects of decay, called kusozu, believe that these paintings represent the sexist nature of Buddhism. In an attempt to interpret the paintings within religious and cultural historical contexts, this paper examines a series of these paintings with respect to the legend of the ninth-century poet, Ono no Komachi,and Tendai thought on original enlightenment (hongaku). |
ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
Hits | 1002 |
Created date | 1999.07.14 |
Modified date | 2017.08.25 |
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