The Protocol of the Gods : A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History / Allan G. Grapard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grapard, Allan G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kasuga Taisha (Nara-shi, Japan)--History.

Kasuga Taisha (Nara-shi, Japan).

Kōfukuji (Nara-shi, Japan)--History.

Kōfukuji (Nara-shi, Japan).

Shinto--Relations--Buddhism.

Shinto.

Buddhism--Relations--Shinto.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 295 p. )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1992]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Protocol of the Gods is a pioneering study of the history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple, one of the oldest and largest of the shrine-temple complexes, Allan Grapard characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern Japanese religiosity. He argues that Shintoism and Buddhism should not be studied in isolation, as hitherto supposed. Rather, a study of the individual and shared characteristics of their respective origins, evolutions, structures, and practices can serve as a model for understanding the pre-modern Japanese religious experience. Spanning the years from a period before historical records to the forcible separation of the Kasuga-Kofukuji complex by the Meiji government in 1868, Grapard presents a wealth of little-known material. He includes translations of rare texts and provides new, accessible translations of familiar documents.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps, Figures, Diagrams, and Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on Japanese Names and Terms

Introduction

1. The Creation of the Ceremonial Center

2. Kasuga Daimyojin

3. Protocol

4. The Experience of Transcendence in Kasuga

5. From Cult to Cultural Revolution

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520910362

0520910362

9780585130590

0585130590

OCLC:

1149417552