LEADER 04337nam 22005055 450 001 9910153136003321 005 20230808200608.0 010 $a0-8248-7297-5 010 $a0-8248-5625-2 010 $a0-8248-5623-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780824856250 035 $a(CKB)3710000000960173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669056 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001659926 035 $a(DE-B1597)484141 035 $a(OCoLC)964548013 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780824856250 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000960173 100 $a20190828d2016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAccounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan /$fSherry D. Fowler 210 1$aHonolulu : $cUniversity of Hawaii Press, $d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) $ccolor illustrations, tables 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-8248-5622-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tCHAPTER ONE. Reconstructing Six Kannon from the Tenth to the Twelfth Centuries -- $tCHAPTER TWO. A Vision at Six Kannon Lake and Six Kannon/Six Kami in Kyushu -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Traveling Sets and Ritual Performance -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. The Six-Syllable Sutra Ritual Mandala and the Six Kannon -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Painting the Six Kannon -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Bodies and Benefits: From Six to Thirty-Three Kannon -- $tEPILOGUE. Searching for Stones in the Unstable Landscape of Kannon -- $tAppendix: Inscriptions -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tCharacter Glossary -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aBuddhists around the world celebrate the benefits of worshipping Kannon (Avalokite?vara), a compassionate savior who is one of the most beloved in the Buddhist pantheon. When Kannon appears in multiple manifestations, the deity's powers are believed to increase to even greater heights. This concept generated several cults throughout history: among the most significant is the cult of the Six Kannon, which began in Japan in the tenth century and remained prominent through the sixteenth century. In this ambitious work, Sherry Fowler examines the development of the Japanese Six Kannon cult, its sculptures and paintings, and its transition to the Thirty-three Kannon cult, which remains active to this day.An exemplar of Six Kannon imagery is the complete set of life-size wooden sculptures made in 1224 and housed at the Kyoto temple Daih?onji. This set, along with others, is analyzed to demonstrate how Six Kannon worship impacted Buddhist practice. Employing a diachronic approach, Fowler presents case studies beginning in the eleventh century to reinstate a context for sets of Six Kannon, the majority of which have been lost or scattered, and thus illuminates the vibrancy, magnitude, and distribution of the cult and enhances our knowledge of religious image-making in Japan.Kannon's role in assisting beings trapped in the six paths of transmigration is a well-documented catalyst for the selection of the number six, but there are other significant themes at work. Six Kannon worship includes significant foci on worldly concerns such as childbirth and animal husbandry, ties between text and image, and numerous correlations with Shinto kami groups of six. While making groups of Kannon visible, Fowler explores the fluidity of numerical deity categorizations and the attempts to quantify the invisible. Moreover, her investigation reveals Kyushu as an especially active site in the history of the Six Kannon cult. Much as Kannon images once functioned to attract worshippers, their presentation in this book will entice contemporary readers to revisit their assumptions about East Asia's most popular Buddhist deity. 606 $aBuddhist gods in art 606 $aBuddhist art$zJapan 615 0$aBuddhist gods in art. 615 0$aBuddhist art 676 $a700.482943 700 $aFowler$b Sherry D., $01249655 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153136003321 996 $aAccounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan$92895853 997 $aUNINA