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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2006]
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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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