The Invention and Reception of the Mino'odera engi
In this article, I attend to the creative processes involved both in the writing and the reception of jisha engi, through the example of a twelfth century Shugendo engi called Mino'odera engi. First, I examine how the Mino'odera engi contributed decisively to the hagiographic evolution of...
| Published in: | Japanese journal of religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2015]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
En no Ozunu 634-701
/ Japan
/ Temple
/ Pratitya-samutpada
/ Shugen (Sect)
/ Legitimation
/ History 600-1300
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints TE Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Emperors
B Deities B Monks B Religious Studies B Waterfalls B Pilgrimages B Caves B Bodhisattva |
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| Summary: | In this article, I attend to the creative processes involved both in the writing and the reception of jisha engi, through the example of a twelfth century Shugendo engi called Mino'odera engi. First, I examine how the Mino'odera engi contributed decisively to the hagiographic evolution of En no Gyōja, the seventh-century figure whom Shugendo practitioners chose as their founder. Then I focus on the way in which this text was used and received, both at Mino'odera and in a broader, regional context. Through comparison with historical, literary, and religious sources, I argue that documents like the Mino'odera engi played an instrumental role in restructuring the spatial and temporal imaginaire of their surroundings and of Japanese Buddhism. Overall, my aim is to draw attention not only to the composition and the contents of engi-type documents, but also to their use and circulation in the early medieval period. |
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