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Ryōgen and Mount Hiei [electronic resource] : Japanese Tendai in the tenth century / Paul Groner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 15Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2002.Description: xv, 525 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0585463484 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.3/92 B 21
LOC classification:
  • BQ982.Y944 G76 2002eb
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Contents:
Ryōgen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saichō through the mid-tenth century -- Ryōgen's early years -- Ryōgen's rise to prominence -- Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The Ōwa debates -- Ryōgen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ryōgen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ryōgen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ryōgen's efforts to control the order -- Ryōgen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ryōgen's posthumous career.
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"A Kuroda Institute book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-509) and index.

Ryōgen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saichō through the mid-tenth century -- Ryōgen's early years -- Ryōgen's rise to prominence -- Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The Ōwa debates -- Ryōgen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ryōgen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ryōgen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ryōgen's efforts to control the order -- Ryōgen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ryōgen's posthumous career.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2003. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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