Jewel in the ashes : Buddha relics and power in early medieval Japan /
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| Author / Creator: | Ruppert, Brian Douglas, 1962- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | xviii, 505 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs. 188 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4285543 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death
- 2. The Continental Context: Buddha Relics in India and China
- 3. Buddha Relics as Imperial Treasures: Ichidai ichido busshari hoken
- 4. Buddha Relics as Esoteric Treasures: The Latter Seven-Day Rite and the Inventory of Buddha Relics
- 5. Buddha Relics as Objects of Contention: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Worship and the Genealogy of Relic Theft
- 6. Lineage and Gender in the Economy of Relics
- 7. Rebirth of the Warrior-King: Samurai Society and the Powers of Buddha Relics
- 8. Conclusion: Buddha Relics and the Ritual Economy in Early Medieval Japan
- App. A. Scripture of the Golden-Wheel Dharani King's Secret Transformation into a Buddha in This Body Through Turning the Wheel of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
- App. B. Excerpts from the "Relics" ("Shari") and "Additional Teachings on Jewels" ("Hoju yu setsu") Chapters of Kakuzen's Notes (Kakuzen sho).