LEADER 03353nam 22005655 450 001 9910154347203321 005 20200424112023.0 010 $a0-226-28641-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226286419 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4437658 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001600388 035 $a(DE-B1597)523571 035 $a(OCoLC)965542096 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226286419 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971463 100 $a20200424h20162016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Storied Sage $eCanon and Creation in the Making of a Japanese Buddha /$fMicah L. Auerback 210 1$aChicago : $cUniversity of Chicago Press, $d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (371 pages) 225 0 $aBuddhism and Modernity 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-226-28638-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tConventions -- $tIntroduction: A Buddha without Buddhism -- $t1. The Buddha as Preceptor -- $t2. The Buddha as Local Hero -- $t3. The Buddha as Exemplar -- $t4. The Buddha as Fraud -- $t5. The Buddha as Character -- $tConclusion: Sage as Story -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tFinding Aid for Names and Terms -- $tIndex 330 $aSince its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of ancient Indian descent who abandoned his wealth and power to become an awakened being, has repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, emerging each time in a different form and to different ends. A Storied Sage traces this transformation of concepts of the Buddha, from Japan's ancient period in the eighth century to the end of the Meiji period in the early twentieth century. Micah L. Auerback follows the changing fortune of the Buddha through the novel uses for the Buddha's story in high and low culture alike, often outside of the confines of the Buddhist establishment. Auerback argues for the Buddha's continuing relevance during Japan's early modern period and links the later Buddhist tradition in Japan to its roots on the Asian continent. Additionally, he examines the afterlife of the Buddha in hagiographic literature, demonstrating that the late Japanese Buddha, far from fading into a ghost of his former self, instead underwent an important reincarnation. Challenging many established assumptions about Buddhism and its evolution in Japan, A Storied Sage is a vital contribution to the larger discussion of religion and secularization in modernity. 410 0$aBuddhism and modernity. 606 $aBuddhism$zJapan 610 $aBuddha. 610 $aSakyamuni. 610 $acanonicity. 610 $ahagiography. 610 $ahistoricism. 610 $asecularization. 610 $avernacularization. 615 0$aBuddhism 676 $a294.3630952 700 $aAuerback$b Micah L., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0995561 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154347203321 996 $aA Storied Sage$92281104 997 $aUNINA