The Halo of Golden Light : Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan /

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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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sango, Asuka, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ritus
Heian-Zeit
Staat
Buddhismus
Politics and government.
Buddhism > Rituals.
Buddhism and state.
Buddhism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1185.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Rituel.
Bouddhisme et État > Japon > Histoire.
Buddhism > Japan > History > To 1185.
Buddhism > Japan > Rituals.
Buddhism and state > Japan > History.
Japan
Japan.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 794-1185.
Japan > Politics and government > 794-1185.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emperor and the Golden light sutra
  • Buddhist debate and the religious policy of the Heian state
  • Clerical promotion: domination, resistance, and alternatives
  • Buddhist rituals and the reconstitution of the Ritsuryo polity
  • When rites go wrong: ritual and political conflict
  • Ritual imitation and the retired emperor: reinventing imperial religious authority.

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