Buddhism and the transformation of old age in medieval Japan /

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This title charts the shifting sets of meanings ascribed to old age in medieval Japan, tracing the processes by which the aged body was transformed into a symbol of otherworldly power and the cultural, political, and religious circumstances that inspired its reimagination. Edward R. Drott examines h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Drott, Edward Robertson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1185-1600
Aging > Japan.
Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Buddhism > Japan > Philosophy.
Vieillissement > Japon.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > 1185-1600.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Philosophie.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Aging.
Buddhism.
Buddhism > Philosophy.
Japan.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Gods of the earth and the making of the vital center
  • "Lamenting gray hair" : the poetics of retirement in early Japan
  • Decrepit demons and defiled deities : elders at the crossroads in late Heian Japan
  • Between this world and the next : reappraising the aged body in medieval Japan
  • From outcast to saint : overcoming pollution in an age of decline
  • The eccentric avatar : reimagining the body of the bodhisattva in early medieval engi
  • The graying of the gods : the return of the okina kami in medieval myth
  • "Tranquil heart, gazing afar" : reimagining the aged body in noh.

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