How to Do Things with Hagiography: Bodhidharma’s Rebirth in Premodern Japanese Buddhism

The present study joins Massimo Rondolino’s 2017 study and Aaron Hollander’s 2021 study, among others, to consider the processes underlying the creation, adoption, and adaptation of hagiography in premodern Japan by different people over a long span of time covering more than eight centuries. In par...

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Main Author: Sanvido, Marta (Author)
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2024
In: History of religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 235-289
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