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The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity
Engelsk Paperback
The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity
Engelsk Paperback

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In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The Kasuga Gongen genki ("The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity") mingles text and painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan for centuries. The work's values are aristocratic, but the text sheds light on the syncretic nature of the era's religious practices, allowing Tyler to collapse the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religion. Tyler provides a detailed examination of the scrolls, the shrine, and their history and political role. He also elucidates the scrolls' relationship to literary genre and religious practice, including the interaction between Shintoism and Buddhism. His copious annotations describe the work's historical context, as well as its religious and cultural influences. This study is essential for scholars of religion, art historians, and cultural historians alike.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
314
ISBN-13:
9780231069595
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0231069596
Udg. Dato:
5 apr 2016
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
155mm
Forlag:
Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato:
5 apr 2016
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