The Halo of Golden Light : : Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan / / Asuka Sango.
In this pioneering study of the shifting status of the emperor within court society and the relationship between the state and the Buddhist community during the Heian period (794-1185), Asuka Sango details the complex ways in which the emperor and other elite ruling groups employed Buddhist ritual t...
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Sango, Asuka, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Halo of Golden Light : Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan / Asuka Sango. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (304 p.) : 4 b&w illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The Emperor and the Golden Light Sūtra -- Two. Buddhist Debate and the Religious Policy of the Heian State -- Three. Clerical Promotion -- Four. Buddhist Rituals and the Reconstitution of the Ritsuryō Polity -- Five. When Rites Go Wrong -- Six. Ritual Imitation and the Retired Emperor -- Conclusion: The Halo of Perpetuity -- Appendix: Jun Misai- E Rites (909- 1185) -- Notes -- Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this pioneering study of the shifting status of the emperor within court society and the relationship between the state and the Buddhist community during the Heian period (794-1185), Asuka Sango details the complex ways in which the emperor and other elite ruling groups employed Buddhist ritual to legitimate their authority. Although considered a descendant of the sun goddess, Amaterasu, the emperor used Buddhist idiom, particularly the ideal king as depicted in the Golden Light Sūtra, to express his right to rule. Sango's book is the first to focus on the ideals presented in the sūtra to demonstrate how the ritual enactment of imperial authority was essential to justifying political power. These ideals became the basis of a number of court-sponsored rituals, the most important of which was the emperor's Misai-e Assembly. Sango deftly traces the changes in the assembly's format and status throughout the era and the significant shifts in the Japanese polity that mirrored them. In illuminating the details of these changes, she challenges dominant scholarly models that presume the gradual decline of the political and liturgical influence of the emperor over the course of the era. She also compels a reconsideration of Buddhism during the Heian as "state Buddhism" by showing that monks intervened in creating the state's policy toward the religion to their own advantage. Her analysis further challenges the common view that Buddhism of the time was characterized by the growth of private esoteric rites at the expense of exoteric doctrinal learning.The Halo of Golden Light draws on a wide range of primary sources-from official annals and diaries written by courtiers and monks to ecclesiastical records and Buddhist texts-many of them translated or analyzed for the first time in English. In so doing, the work brings to the surface surprising facets in the negotiations between religious ideas and practices and the Buddhist community and the state. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Buddhism and state Japan History. Buddhism Japan History To 1185. Buddhism Japan Rituals. RELIGION / Buddhism / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015 9783110700985 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2014-2016 9783110564136 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110752366 print 9780824839864 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824854003 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824854003 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824854003/original |
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Sango, Asuka, Sango, Asuka, The Halo of Golden Light : Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The Emperor and the Golden Light Sūtra -- Two. Buddhist Debate and the Religious Policy of the Heian State -- Three. Clerical Promotion -- Four. Buddhist Rituals and the Reconstitution of the Ritsuryō Polity -- Five. When Rites Go Wrong -- Six. Ritual Imitation and the Retired Emperor -- Conclusion: The Halo of Perpetuity -- Appendix: Jun Misai- E Rites (909- 1185) -- Notes -- Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The Emperor and the Golden Light Sūtra -- Two. Buddhist Debate and the Religious Policy of the Heian State -- Three. Clerical Promotion -- Four. Buddhist Rituals and the Reconstitution of the Ritsuryō Polity -- Five. When Rites Go Wrong -- Six. Ritual Imitation and the Retired Emperor -- Conclusion: The Halo of Perpetuity -- Appendix: Jun Misai- E Rites (909- 1185) -- Notes -- Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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