Jizō, Healing Rituals, and Women in Japan
The bodhisattva Jizō in Japan has long been associated with a stone figure of a child monk, wearing a red bib and standing on the roadside in the quaint landscape of rural Japan. Assumed to have originated as Kşitigarbha in India, this bodhisattva has been worshipped as the protector of children and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2016
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-331 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kshitigarbha
/ Japan
/ Woman
/ Adoration
/ Ritual
/ Redemption
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia NBK Soteriology |
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Religious Studies
B Gender Roles B Religious rituals B Abortion B Bodhisattva B Mothers B Cults |
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