Asuka Sango The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan 9780824879310

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Автор: Asuka Sango
Название: The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan
ISBN: 9780824879310
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Азии

Буддизм

Буддийское богослужение, обряды и церемонии

Политика и политический строй

Политическая система и политические процессы

ISBN-10: 0824879317
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.38 кг.
Дата издания: 30.07.2018
Серия: History
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 4 black & white illustrations
Размер: 226 x 150 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Asian history,Buddhism, HISTORY / Asia / Japan,RELIGION / Buddhism / History,RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice
Подзаголовок: Imperial authority and buddhist ritual in heian japan
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: 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 Sutra, to express his right to rule. Sangos book is the first to focus on the ideals presented in the sutra 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 emperors Misai-e Assembly. Sango deftly traces the changes in the assemblys 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 states 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.
Дополнительное описание: Buddhism|Asian history

The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan, Asuka Sango