Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan / / Edward R. Drott.
Scholars have long remarked on the frequency with which Japanese myths portrayed gods (kami) as old men or okina. Many of these "sacred elders" came to be featured in premodern theater, most prominently in Noh. In the closing decades of the twentieth-century, as the number of Japan's...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Making Elders Others in Early Japan -- 1. Aged Earth Gods and Majestic Imperial Ancestor -- 2. "Lamenting Gray Hair" -- 3. Decrepit Demons and Defiled Deities -- II. Reappraising the Aged Body in Medieval Japan -- 4. From Outcast to Saint -- 5. The Eccentric Avatar -- 6. The Graying of the Gods -- 7. "Tranquil Heart, Gazing Afar" -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
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