The Materiality of a Promise: Interworldly Contracts in Medieval Buddhist Promotional Campaign Imagery
Narratives in the fourteenth-century didactic paintings Shidoji engi e ??? ??? and Yūzū nenbutsu engi ?????? preach that supernatural entities are actively involved in Buddhist devotional projects. Vows and other commitments to engage in nenbutsu practice, or to restore a temple, initiate exchanges...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-390 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pratitya-samutpada
/ Emaki
/ Karma
/ Judgment of God
/ Oath
/ History 1150-1400
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology NCB Personal ethics TE Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Deities B Fundraising B Illustration B Religious Studies B Scrolls B Oaths B Vows B Hell |
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| Summary: | Narratives in the fourteenth-century didactic paintings Shidoji engi e ??? ??? and Yūzū nenbutsu engi ?????? preach that supernatural entities are actively involved in Buddhist devotional projects. Vows and other commitments to engage in nenbutsu practice, or to restore a temple, initiate exchanges with the heavens and the netherworld that support their fulfillment. Interworldly networks thereby convey to audiences the rewards of participation in a promotional or fundraising campaign and back that up with the threat of hell. Both image contexts portray documents as a medium for transcending worlds, emphasizing writing in ways that empower campaign documents. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.45.2.2018.341-390 |
