Japan's Forgotten God: Jūzenji in Medieval Texts and the Visual Arts
This study examines Jūzenji 十禅師, a medieval god worshiped within the Sannō cult at Hie Shrine during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The article demonstrates that Tendai thinkers promoted Jūzenji to a supreme ontological status since his liminal and ambivalent character afforded him the unique r...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 8 |
Further subjects: | B
Sannō
B Kami B Jūzenji B Buddhism B chigo kanjō B Gods B Sexuality B Shintoism B medieval Japan B precepts B chigo |
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