Shōtoku: ethnicity, ritual, and violence in the Japanese Buddhist tradition
Prince Shotoku, the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, was one of the greatest cultural icons of pre-modern Japan. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult. It highlights the activities of a cluster of kinship groups who claimed descent from ancestors from the Korean ki...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008
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| In: | Anno: 2008 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Shōtoku Taishi, Japan, Prinzregent 574-622
/ Culto
/ Storia 600-800
B Japan / Buddhismo <motivo> / Storia 600-800 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Shōtoku Taishi
574?-622?
B Nihon-Shoki B Politische Gewalt B Storia B Amitabha-Buddhismus, Reines-Land Buddhismus, Pure-Land Buddhism, Jìngtûzōng, Jôdo Bukkyô, Jeongto-jong B GEschichtsschreibung, Legendenbildung B Buddhism Japan History, To 1185 B Buddhism Japan History To 1185 |
| Accesso online: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | Prince Shotoku, the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, was one of the greatest cultural icons of pre-modern Japan. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult. It highlights the activities of a cluster of kinship groups who claimed descent from ancestors from the Korean kingdom of Silla. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0199851751 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195188615.001.0001 |