Shotoku : ethnicity, ritual, and violence in the Japanese Buddhist tradition / Michael I. Como.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Como, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shōtoku Taishi, 574?-622?--Cult.

Shōtoku Taishi.

Buddhism--Japan--History--To 1185.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 240 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prince Shotoku (573?-622?), the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, is widely referred to as Japan's first national hero. The cult that grew up around his memory is recognized as one of the most important phenomena in early Japanese religion. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult over the roughly 200 years following his deatha period that saw a series of revolutionary developments in the history of Japanese religion. Michael Como highlights the activities of a cluster of kinship groups who claimed descent from ancestors from the Korean kingdom of Silla.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations and Citation Methods; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity and the Founding Legend of Japanese Buddhism; 2. Pure Land and the Millennium in the Early Shotoku Cult; 3. Ancestors, Estates, and Angry Gods in the Early Royal Cult; 4. Ethnicity, Sagehood, and the Politics of Literacy in the Early Shotoku Cult; 5. Violence, Vengeance, and Purification in the Early Shotoku Cult; 6. Shotoku and Gyoki; 7. Doji, Saicho, and the Post-Nihon Shoki Shotoku Cult; Conclusion; Appendix: Primary Sources for the Study of the Early Shotoku Cult; Glossary; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988496-X

1-281-16270-1

9786611162702

0-19-804073-3

1-4356-1755-X

OCLC:

476244800