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The Ritual World of Buddhist "Shinto": The Reikiki and Initiations on Kami-Related Matters(jingi kanjo)in Late Medieval and Early-Modern Japan |
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Rambelli, Fabio
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.29 n.3-4 |
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| Date | 2002 |
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| Pages | 265 - 297 |
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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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| Keyword | 日本佛教=Japanese Buddhism; 佛教儀軌=Buddhist Rituals; initiation rituals (kanjo); kami-related initiation rituals (jingi kanjo, shinto kanjo); honji suijaku; Shingon; Reikiki |
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| Abstract | This article describes a set of rituals, closely related to esoteric Buddhist initiations, in which imperial and kami symbols often replace Buddhist ones. These rituals were at the basis of the transmission of knowledge and practices concerning the kami within the larger framework of medieval and early-modern kenmitsu religiosity，a form of applied honji suijaku. Particularly important among these rituals is the role of Reiki kanjo，the secret initiation to the Reikiki，an inμuential but elusive key text of premodern combinatory religion.
After the Meiji period these ritual traditions have been dismissed as syncretic aberrations from “pure” Buddhist or Shinto orthodoxy，and have never been studied in depth. However，it was within the context of esoteric kami initiations that the 3rst Shinto lineages took concrete shape. Finally，this article also points out that while these ritual traditions were of medieval origin，they reached their largest diffusion in the early nineteenth century. This fact forces us to reconsider the established image of Edo-period Shinto as a religion moving away from Buddhism. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1158 |
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| Created date | 2004.01.16 |
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| Modified date | 2019.09.27 |
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