Animating Objects: Tsukumogami ki and the Medieval Illustration of Shingon Truth
Tsukumogami are animate household objects. An otogizōshi ("companion tale") titled Tsukumogami ki ("Record of tool specters"; Muromachi period) explains that after a service life of nearly one hundred years, utsuwamono or kibutsu (containers, tools, and instruments) receive souls...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2009]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 231-257 |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Parody B Deities B Enlightenment B Religious Studies B Priests B Religious rituals B Scrolls B Poetry B Narrators |
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