The Cult of Kasuga Seen Through Its Art - Rilegato

Tyler, Susan C.

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ISBN 10: 0939512475 ISBN 13: 9780939512478

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1992

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The Cult of Kasuga Seen Through Its Art is a study of the syncretic cult of Kasuga Shrine at its height in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries. Kasuga was the Shinto shrine of the Fujiwara clan and was paired with Kofuku-ji, the clan's Buddhist temple. Since the beginning of the Meiji period, Buddhism and Shinto have been officially separated. In an earlier time, however, at a site such as Kasuga the practices and beliefs appropriate to a shrine and to a temple were linked according to the principle that the Shinto gods were local and particular emanations of universal Buddhist deities. Thus, the Buddhist deities and the paradises associated with them were present at Kasuga Shrine.
This study examines the relationships of the Buddhist and Shinto gods of Kasuga Shrine and explains the soteriological function of their presence at Kasuga. Using visual art as well as stories and documents, it brings to life a medieval shrine cult and defines its contribution to Japanese religion.

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Book by Tyler Susan C

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• Editore: Univ of Michigan Center for
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0939512475
• ISBN 13: 9780939512478
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240