"Heart Sutra Pop": Religious Textual Democratization by a Sexy Vocal Android
In 2010, the publication of "Heart Sutra Pop," an online animated video featuring the cyber-idol Hatsune Miku singing the Heart Sutra, launched a viral enthusiasm for the text that is unmatched throughout its more than twelve-hundred-year history in Japan. This article explores the digital...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
University of Saskatchewan
[2021]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hatsune, Miku, Fictitious character 2007-
/ Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra
/ Singing
/ Interpretation of
/ Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Religious change
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Heart Sutra
B spiritual booms B cyber-idol B Hatsune Miku B Otaku B textuality B Social participation |
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| Summary: | In 2010, the publication of "Heart Sutra Pop," an online animated video featuring the cyber-idol Hatsune Miku singing the Heart Sutra, launched a viral enthusiasm for the text that is unmatched throughout its more than twelve-hundred-year history in Japan. This article explores the digital rebirth of the sutra and the rise of an unlikely virtual spiritual leader. I argue that this cyber-idol-driven sutra boom is both doctrinally justifiable and consistent with a wave of new media initiatives by Japanese Buddhists. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2019-0040 |