Michael I. Como
Gebundenes Buch

Shotoku

Ethnicity, Ritual, and Violence in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

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Prince Shotoku (573?-622?), the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, was one of the greatest cultural icons of pre-modern Japan. The cult that grew up around his memory is recognized as one of the most important religious phenomena of the time. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult over the roughly 200 years following his death - a period that saw a series of revolutionary developments in the history of Japanese religion. Como highlights the activitiesof a cluster of kinship groups who claimed descent from ancestors from the Korean kingdom of Silla. By comparing ...