The Invention and Reception of the Mino'odera engi

In this article, I attend to the creative processes involved both in the writing and the reception of jisha engi, through the example of a twelfth century Shugendo engi called Mino'odera engi. First, I examine how the Mino'odera engi contributed decisively to the hagiographic evolution of...

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Main Author: Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi 1962- (Author)
Contributors: Roth, Carina 1971- (Translator)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2015]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-155
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B En no Ozunu 634-701 / Japan / Temple / Pratitya-samutpada / Shugen (Sect) / Legitimation / History 600-1300
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Emperors
B Deities
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Waterfalls
B Pilgrimages
B Caves
B Bodhisattva
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