Reading the Miraculous Powers of Japanese Poetry: Spells, Truth Acts, and a Medieval Buddhist Poetics of the Supernatural
The supernatural powers of Japanese poetry are widely documented in the literature of Heian and medieval Japan. Twentieth-century scholars have tended to follow Orikuchi Shinobu in interpreting and discussing miraculous verses in terms of ancient (arguably pre-Buddhist and pre-historical) beliefs in...
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-33 |
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Rainmaking rituals
B Medieval poetry B Buddhism B Deities B Religious Studies B Priests B Anthologies B Poetry B Drought B Syllables |
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