From Deer Bones to Turtle Shells: The State Ritualization of Pyro-Plastromancy during the Nara-Heian Transition
This article reviews received and recovered evidence of divination with bone and fire in early Japan to identify and investigate a shift from deer scapulae to turtle shells that took place during the Nara-Heian transition, particularly within the state cult. It questions why this shift occurred and...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Ano: 2015, Volume: 42, Número: 2, Páginas: 339-380 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Yoshida, Família
/ Japan
/ Adivinhação
/ Ritual do fogo
/ Osso
/ Cervídeos
/ Crânio
/ Tartaruga
/ Carro de combate (Zoologia)
/ História 700-930
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AG Vida religiosa BM Universismo chinês BN Xintoísmo KBM Ásia TF Alta Idade Média |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Omens
B Heian period B Diviners B Family names B Religious Studies B Religious rituals B Shintoism B Divinity B Clans |
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| Resumo: | This article reviews received and recovered evidence of divination with bone and fire in early Japan to identify and investigate a shift from deer scapulae to turtle shells that took place during the Nara-Heian transition, particularly within the state cult. It questions why this shift occurred and analyzes a detailed explanation of it found in a purportedly early Heian treatise on the divinatory cracking of turtle plastrons known as the Shinsen kisoki (Newly compiled record of turtle omens). The Shinsen kisoki claims to have been authored by a group of men descended from a common genealogical line of ancestral kami associated with divination. It not only reveals much about why members of a handful of related clans would have promoted a change from scapulimancy to plastromancy at this point in history, but also much about how the state ritualization of the latter affected, and was affected by, other changes in state and local religion and politics during the late Nara and early Heian periods. |
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| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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