Creating Devotional Art with Body Fragments: The Buddhist Nun Bunchi and Her Father, Emperor Gomizuno-o

This article explores the relic-making activities of the Buddhist nun Bunchi, the eldest daughter of Emperor Gomizuno-o and founder of the imperial convent Enshō-ji in Nara. Influenced by her father's preoccupation with placing his own bodily relics, especially teeth, in Kyoto Zen temples, Bunc...

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Main Author: Fister, Pat 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2000]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 213-238
Further subjects:B Daughters
B Emperors
B Zen Buddhism
B Pagodas
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Reliquaries
B Statues
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