Shinra Myōjin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian “Mediterranean” / / Sujung Kim.
This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myōjin, the “god of Silla” worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the eleventh to sixteenth centuries. Sujung Kim challenges the long-held understanding of Shinra Myōjin as a protective deity of the Tendai Jimon school, sh...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 p.) :; 10 b&w illustrations, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Shinra Myōjin in the East Asian “Mediterranean” Network
- Part I. Maritime East Asia: Networks of Immigrants and Silla Shrines/Temples
- Part II. Sedentarization: Networks of Silla Deities and Shinra Myōjin
- Part III. Restoring Fluidity: Functional and Symbolic Networks of the Silla Deities
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index