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The Invention and Reception of the Mino'odera engi |
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Author |
Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi (著)=川崎剛志 (au.)
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Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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Volume | v.42 n.1 |
Date | 2015 |
Pages | 133 - 155 |
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 |
Note | Kawasaki Tsuyoshi is a Professor of medieval Japanese literature at Shūjitsu University. |
Keyword | spatial and temporal imaginaire; Mino’o; En no Gyōja; yamabushi; sangoku denrai; Kanjō; Ninnaji; Shichi tengu-e |
Abstract | 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. |
Table of contents | 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 |
ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
Hits | 350 |
Created date | 2015.07.17 |
Modified date | 2017.09.14 |
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