"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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2021]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Jahr: 2021, Band: 33, Heft: 1, Seiten: 29-47 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Hatsune, Miku, Fiktive Gestalt 2007-
/ Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra
/ Gesang
/ Interpretation
/ Japan
/ Buddhismus
/ Religiöser Wandel
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BL Buddhismus KBM Asien |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Heart Sutra
B spiritual booms B cyber-idol B Hatsune Miku B Animation B Otaku B textuality |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2019-0040 |