02890nam 2200589Ia 450 991081897640332120200520144314.00-19-988496-X1-281-16270-197866111627020-19-804073-31-4356-1755-X(CKB)2560000000300342(EBL)415769(OCoLC)476244800(SSID)ssj0000245663(PQKBManifestationID)11238379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245663(PQKBWorkID)10177629(PQKB)10510985(StDuBDS)EDZ0000039238(MiAaPQ)EBC415769(Au-PeEL)EBL415769(CaPaEBR)ebr10199656(CaONFJC)MIL116270(EXLCZ)99256000000030034220050531d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierShotoku ethnicity, ritual, and violence in the Japanese Buddhist tradition /Michael I. ComoNew York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (viii, 240 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518861-6 0-19-985175-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations and Citation Methods; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity and the Founding Legend of Japanese Buddhism; 2. Pure Land and the Millennium in the Early Shotoku Cult; 3. Ancestors, Estates, and Angry Gods in the Early Royal Cult; 4. Ethnicity, Sagehood, and the Politics of Literacy in the Early Shotoku Cult; 5. Violence, Vengeance, and Purification in the Early Shotoku Cult; 6. Shotoku and Gyoki; 7. Doji, Saicho, and the Post-Nihon Shoki Shotoku Cult; Conclusion; Appendix: Primary Sources for the Study of the Early Shotoku Cult; Glossary; Notes; Works Cited; IndexPrince Shotoku (573?-622?), the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, is widely referred to as Japan's first national hero. The cult that grew up around his memory is recognized as one of the most important phenomena in early Japanese religion. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult over the roughly 200 years following his deatha period that saw a series of revolutionary developments in the history of Japanese religion. Michael Como highlights the activities of a cluster of kinship groups who claimed descent from ancestors from the Korean kingdom of Silla.BuddhismJapanHistoryTo 1185BuddhismHistory294.3/095209021Como Michael1110255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818976403321Shōtoku4004657UNINA