Plotting the Prince : : Shotoku Cults and the Mapping of Medieval Japanese Buddhism / / Kevin Gray Carr.
Plotting the Prince traces the development of conceptual maps of the world created through the telling of stories about Prince Shōtoku (573?-622?), an eminent statesman who is credited with founding Buddhism in Japan. It analyzes his place in the sacred landscape and the material relics of the cult...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 72 illus., 32 in color |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- Introduction: The Lay of the Land
- Part I. Faces of Shōtoku: Cultic Identities through Time
- Part II. Mapping Shōtoku's Tale: Cultic Identities in Place
- Epilogue: Afterlives
- Appendix: List of Selected Events in the Life of the Legendary Shōtoku
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author