Shinra Myōjin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian "Mediterranean
This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myojin, the "god of Silla" worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the eleventh to sixteenth centuries. Sujung Kim challenges the long-held understanding of Shinra Myojin as a protective deity of the Tendai Jimon school, showing how its worship emerged and developed in the complex networks of the East Asian "Mediterranean"-a "quality" rather than a physical space defined by Kim as the primary conduit for cross-cultural influence in a region that includes the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the East China Sea, and neighboring coastal areas. Les mer
Shinra Myojin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian Mediterranean is not only the first monograph in any language on the Tendai Jimon school in Japanese Buddhism, but also the first book-length study in English to examine Korean connections in medieval Japanese religion. Unlike other recent studies on individual Buddhist deities, it foregrounds the need to approach them within a broader East Asian context. By shifting the paradigm from a land-centered vision to a sea-centered one, the work underlines the importance of a transcultural and interdisciplinary approach to the study of Buddhist deities.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780824877996
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm