04068cam a2200565Mu 4500 ocn833766175 OCoLC 20200709055756.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130330s2011 ne o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO YDXCP N$T 9789004229174 (electronic bk.) 9004229175 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)833766175 552267 (N$T) NB1912.B48 S89 2012 REL 017000 bisacsh 294.3/926 294.3926 N$TA Suzuki, Yui. Medicine Master Buddha [electronic resource] / Yui Suzuki. Leiden : BRILL, 2011. 1 online resource (192 p.) Japanese Visual Culture Description based upon print version of record. Medicine Master Buddha:The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan; Copyright; Dedication; Content; Acknowledgments; A Note to the Reader; Prologue; 1 THE FORMATION OF THE YAKUSHI CULT; Textual Transmission of Yakushi Belief; Yakushi Worship from the Late Seventh Century; The Formation of a State-Centered Yakushi Cult in Nara; The Rise of Yakushi Repentance Rituals; The Founding of Shin Yakushiji; 2 THE MAGICAL YAKUSHI: SPIRIT PACIFIER AND HEALER-GOD; Yakushi Keka Rituals in the Ninth Century; Yakushi Worship in the Distant Provinces; 3 SAICHŌ'S STANDING YAKUSHI AND ITS ICONIC LEGACY Saichō's Early Training and Establishment of HieizanjiDid Saichō's Yakushi Icon Really Exist?; Saichō's Yakushi and the Danzō Tradition; The Standing Pose; New Ritual Significance; 4 REPLICATING MEMORY: EXTANT IMAGES OF THE SAICHŌ-ENRYAKUJI LINEAGE; Direct Replication at Enryakuji's Central Hall; Saichō's Yakushi as a Secret Image; The Mystery of the Mudrās; Extant Replications Beyond Enryakuji; The Current Standing Yakushi Image in Enryakuji's Central Hall; 5 REFLECTIONS ON THE JINGOJI YAKUSHI AND THE SAICHŌ CONNECTION; Competing Theories: Jinganji and Takaosanji Jinganji's "Unsuitability" as a Ritual SiteThe Meaning of Takaosanji's Jōgakuji Status; The Standing Yakushi Icon; Saichō and the Wake Clan; 6 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: SHICHIBUTSU YAKUSHI ICONS AND RITUAL; Shichibutsu Yakushi Images at Kokōkaku and Matsumushidera; The Shichibutsu Yakushi in Enryakuji's Central Hall; The Esoteric Shichibutsu Yakushi Ritual; Fujiwara no Michinaga's Shichibutsu Yakushi Worship; A Morphology of the Shichibutsu Yakushi Ritual; Epilogue; Appendix; Endnotes; List of Characters; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index Through analysis of sculptural representations of the Medicine Buddha (J: Yakushi Nyorai), this book offers a fresh perspective on the seminal role played by Saich? and the Tendai school in disseminating this devotional cult throughout Japan during the Heian period. Bhaiṣajyaguru (Buddhist deity) Art. Bhaiṣajyaguru (Buddhist deity) Cult Japan. Buddhist sculpture Japan. Sculpture, Japanese Heian period, 794-1185. Bhais?ajyaguru (Buddhist deity) -- Art. Bhais?ajyaguru (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- Japan. Buddhist sculpture -- Japan. Sculpture, Japanese -- Heian period, 794-1185. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Suzuki, Yui Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan Leiden : BRILL,c2011 9789004196018 Japanese visual culture. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1158492 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=552267 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1158492 YBP Library Services YANK 10391405 EBSCOhost EBSC 552267 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52801 52801