Hachikazuki: Revealing Kannon's Crowning Compassion in Muromachi Fiction

The corpus of late-medieval Japanese fiction contains various stories about the benefits and favors obtained through devotion to the bodhisattva Kannon. One of these stories is Hachikazuki, which features a young heroine who, following her parents' prayers, is conceived through the divine inter...

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Main Author: Dix, Monika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2009]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 279-294
Further subjects:B Tales
B Stepmothers
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Bodhisattva
B Divinity
B Mothers
B Fiction
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