A Short History of the Gannin: Popular Religious Performers in Tokugawa Japan

This paper traces the emergence and development of the gannin or gannin bōzu, a group of religious performer-practitioners. The gannin, who were active in Kyoto, Osaka, Edo, as well as many rural areas, had their head-quarters at the Kurama temple. Throughout the Tokugawa period, gannin engaged in p...

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發表在:Japanese journal of religious studies
主要作者: Groemer, Gerald 1957- (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Nanzan Institute [2000]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2000, 卷: 27, 發布: 1/2, Pages: 41-72
Further subjects:B Towns
B Buddhism
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Magistrates
B Talismans
B Proxy reporting
B Proxy statements
B Temples
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總結:This paper traces the emergence and development of the gannin or gannin bōzu, a group of religious performer-practitioners. The gannin, who were active in Kyoto, Osaka, Edo, as well as many rural areas, had their head-quarters at the Kurama temple. Throughout the Tokugawa period, gannin engaged in proxy pilgrimages and provided the public with rites, exorcisms, and entertaining performances. Although the gannin are often portrayed in contemporaneous documents as "disorderly," the gannin maintained a nationwide administrative apparatus supported by the bakufu. To the rank-and-file gannin, this hierarchical organization, which at first may have served the interests of the gannin themselves, appears to have become something of a burden. As a result, gannin continued to seek independence in order to better their lot, thereby irritating their social superiors.
Contains:Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies