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.
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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