The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity

Royall Tyler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

314 Seiten

2016
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-06959-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Royall Tyler taught Japanese language and literature for many years at the Australian National University. He has also taught at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin. His translation of The Tale of Genji was acclaimed by publications such as the New York Times Book Review.

Acknowledgments Conventions and Official Tides Introduction Part I 1. The Work 2. The Text 3. The Shrine 4. The Temple 5. The Cult 6. Forms and Dreams 7. Poems and Plays 8. The Sakaki Leaf Diary Part II: The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity Contents and Preface Scroll 1 Scroll 2 Scroll 3 Scroll 4 Scroll 5 Scroll 6 Scroll 7 Scroll 8 Scroll 9 Scroll 10 Scroll 11 Scroll 12 Scroll 13 Scroll 14 Scroll 15 Scroll 16 Scroll 17 Scroll 18 Scroll 19 Scroll 20 Bibliography Index Maps 1. The Kasuga-Kofukuji Area 2. The Kasuga Shrine 3. Kofukuji

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.4.2016
Zusatzinfo	23 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-231-06959-6 / 0231069596
ISBN-13	978-0-231-06959-5 / 9780231069595
Zustand	Neuware