Biography as Scripture: Ōjōden in India, China, and Japan
Records of individuals who achieved rebirth in the pure land of Amitābha Buddha began as a genre of hagiography in eighth-century China and began appearing in Japan in the late tenth century. Thereafter these ōjōden were produced repeatedly throughout Japanese history in greater numbers than in Chin...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2007]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 329-350 |
Further subjects: | B
Geographic regions
B Heian period B Buddhism B Miracles B Monks B Religious Studies B Kamakura period B Saints legends B Literary Genres B Sectarianism |
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