The halo of golden light :

Sango, Asuka, 1976-

The halo of golden light : imperial authority and Buddhist ritual in Heian Japan / Asuka Sango. - 1 online resource (xxii, 216 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203) and index.

The emperor and the Golden light sutra -- Buddhist debate and the religious policy of the Heian state -- Clerical promotion: domination, resistance, and alternatives -- Buddhist rituals and the reconstitution of the Ritsuryo polity -- When rites go wrong: ritual and political conflict -- Ritual imitation and the retired emperor: reinventing imperial religious authority.

9780824854003 0824854004

22573/ctt13vwtvx JSTOR


To 1185


Buddhism and state--History.--Japan
Buddhism--Rituals.--Japan
Buddhism--History--Japan--To 1185.
Buddhism and state--History.--Japan
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhism.
Buddhism and state.
Buddhism--Rituals.
Politics and government.
Buddhismus
Staat
Heian-Zeit
Ritus


Japan--Politics and government--794-1185.
Japan.
Japan


Electronic books.
History.

BQ685 / .S35 2015

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