From outcasts to emperors : Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī cult in medieval Japan /

From outcasts to emperors : Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī cult in medieval Japan /

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Author / Creator:Quinter, David, author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; volume 50
Brill's Japanese studies library ; volume 50.
Subject:
Mañjūśrī -- Cult -- Japan -- History.
Mañjūśrī
Ritsu (Sect) -- Japan -- History.
Cults.
Ritsu (Sect)
Japan.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348857
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ISBN:9789004294592
9004294597
9789004293397
9004293396
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In From Outcasts to Emperors , David Quinter illuminates the Shingon Ritsu movement founded by the charismatic Buddhist monk Eison (1201-90) at Saidaiji in Nara, Japan, with a focus on Eison and his disciples' involvement in the cult of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.
Other form:Print version: Quinter, David. From outcasts to emperors 9789004293397

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