Tourists in Paradise: Writing the Pure Land in Medieval Japanese Fiction

Late-medieval Japanese fiction contains numerous accounts of lay and monastic travelers to the Pure Land and other extra-human realms. In many cases, the "tourists" are granted guided tours, after which they are returned to the mundane world in order to tell of their unusual experiences. T...

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Main Author: Kimbrough, R. Keller 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2006]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 269-296
Further subjects:B Travel
B Rebirth
B Narratives
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Bodhisattva
B Fiction
B Hell
B Paradise
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