Sin or Crime?: Buddhism, Indebtedness, and the Construction of Social Relations in Early Medieval Japan
This study examines the history of the use of the Buddhist discourse of the four objects of indebtedness (shion) to establish that its introduction provided the basis for a novel taxonomy of social relationships in Japan. The discourse, introduced to Japan in the early ninth century, included the so...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2001]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 31-55 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Sacred Texts B Buddhism B Debt B Monks B Political Discourse B Social Interaction B Mothers B Karma B Prayer |
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