Shinra Myōjin and Buddhist networks of the east Asian "Mediterranean" /

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 Jimo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kim, Sujung, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Shinra Myōjin (Buddhist deity)
1185-1600
Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Buddhism > Korea > History.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > 1185-1600.
Bouddhisme > Corée > Histoire.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
Buddhism.
Japan.
Korea.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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

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