Revisiting the Dragon Princess: Her Role in Medieval Engi Stories and Their Implications in Reading the Lotus Sutra
This article examines how the Dragon Princess, one of the most celebrated characters in the Lotus Sutra, is represented in the noh drama Ama and the Heike Nōkyō sutra set. By doing so, it debunks the prevailing consensus in understanding the Dragon Princess and her episode in the sutra, and illustra...
| Published in: | Japanese journal of religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Nanzan Institute
[2015]
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| In: |
Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra
/ Nidāna
/ Longnü, Fictitious character
/ Woman
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Wisdom
B Narratives B Enlightenment B Religious Studies B Gem stones B Scrolls B Bodhisattva B Princesses B Frontispieces |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the Dragon Princess, one of the most celebrated characters in the Lotus Sutra, is represented in the noh drama Ama and the Heike Nōkyō sutra set. By doing so, it debunks the prevailing consensus in understanding the Dragon Princess and her episode in the sutra, and illustrates a hitherto unnoticed intrinsic affinity between medieval Japanese engi stories and Buddhist scriptural narratives. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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