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9780824834630

Plotting the Prince : Shotoku Cults and the Mapping of Medieval Japanese Buddhism

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    9780824834630

  • ISBN10:

    0824834631

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-05-31
  • Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Conventionsp. xi
Introduction: The Lay of the Landp. 1
Faces of Shotoku: Cultic Identities through Time
Ways to Tell a Sacred Life: Hagiographic Imagination in Medieval Japanp. 23
The Lives of the Prince: Shotoku across Asiap. 47
Japanese Spirit: A New Buddha for Troubled Timesp. 70
Mapping Shotoku's Tale: Cultic Identities in Place
The Birth of a Legend: Inscribing Shotoku at Shitenno-ji and Horyu-jip. 107
Siting Shotoku: Structuring Narrative at Horyu-jip. 127
Epilogue: Afterlivesp. 171
Appendix: List of Selected Events in the Life of the Legendary Shotokup. 179
Notesp. 189
Bibliographyp. 217
Indexp. 241
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