Relics and Myth-Making on Mount Murō: The Body of the Worshipper and the Body of the Buddha
This article focuses on relic worship on Mount Murō, in Nara Prefecture, from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. It argues that relics allowed for a unique relationship between the Buddha’s relics and devotees’ bodies, mediated by the mountain’s geography. Such exchanges also involved female m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2025, Volume: 14, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 87-111 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mountain
B Pilgrimage B relic B Murō B Body B wish-granting jewel |
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