Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death
  • 2. The Continental Context: Buddha Relics in India and China
  • 3. Buddha Relics as Imperial Treasures: Ichidai ichido busshari hoken
  • 4. Buddha Relics as Esoteric Treasures: The Latter Seven-Day Rite and the Inventory of Buddha Relics
  • 5. Buddha Relics as Objects of Contention: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Worship and the Genealogy of Relic Theft
  • 6. Lineage and Gender in the Economy of Relics
  • 7. Rebirth of the Warrior-King: Samurai Society and the Powers of Buddha Relics
  • 8. Conclusion: Buddha Relics and the Ritual Economy in Early Medieval Japan
  • App. A. Scripture of the Golden-Wheel Dharani King's Secret Transformation into a Buddha in This Body Through Turning the Wheel of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
  • App. B. Excerpts from the "Relics" ("Shari") and "Additional Teachings on Jewels" ("Hoju yu setsu") Chapters of Kakuzen's Notes (Kakuzen sho).