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Auteur(s) : Kim, Sujung (1979-....)
Titre(s) : Shinra Myōjin and Buddhist networks of the East Asian "Mediterranean" [Texte imprimé] / Sujung Kim
Publication : Honolulu (Hawaiʻi) : University of Hawaiʻi Press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi-180 p.) : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 145-169. Index
This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myojin, the
"god of Silla" worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the eleventh to sixteenth
centuries. Sujung Kim challenges the long-held understanding of Shinra Myojin as a
protective deity of the Tendai Jimon school, showing how its worship emerged and developed
in the complex networks of the East Asian "Mediterranean"--A "quality" rather than
a physical space defined by Kim as the primary conduit for cross-cultural influence
in a region that includes the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the East China
Sea, and neighboring coastal areas. While focusing on the transcultural worship of
the deity, Kim engages the different maritime arrangements in which Shinra Myojin
circulated: first, the network of Korean immigrants, Chinese merchants, and Japanese
Buddhist monks in China's Shandong peninsula and Japan's Omi Province; and second,
that of gods found in the East Asian Mediterranean. Both of these networks became
nodal points of exchange of both goods and gods. Kim's examination of temple chronicles,
literary writings, and iconography reveals Shinra Myojin's evolution from a seafaring
god to a multifaceted one whose roles included the god of pestilence and of poetry,
the insurer of painless childbirth, and the protector of performing arts. 0'Shinra
Myojin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian Mediterranean' is not only the first
monograph in any language on the Tendai Jimon school in Japanese Buddhism, but also
the first book-length study in English to examine Korean connections in medieval Japanese
religion. Unlike other recent studies on individual Buddhist deities, it foregrounds
the need to approach them within a broader East Asian context. By shifting the paradigm
from a land-centered vision to a sea-centered one, the work underlines the importance
of a transcultural and interdisciplinary approach to the study of Buddhist deities
Sujet(s) : Shinra Myōjin (divinité bouddhique) -- Culte -- Asie orientale
Tendai
Bouddhisme -- Pacifique (océan ; ouest)
Bouddhisme -- Pacifique, Côte du (Asie)
Indice(s) Dewey :
294.342 11 (23e éd.) = Dieu, dieux, déesses, divinités et déités (bouddhisme)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780824877996 (rel.). - ISBN 9780824888442 (br.). - ISBN 0824888448. - ISBN 0824877993
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46586875c
Notice n° :
FRBNF46586875
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Between history and story ; The network of Silla immigrants and the emergence of
Shinra Myōjin ; The medieval transformations of Shinra Myōjin ; Shinra Myōjin,
the multifaceted deity ; Trek for the star deity: Sonjoo and Shinra Myōjin ; Shinra
Myōjin as a pestilence deity: Susanoo and Shinra Myōjin ; Shinra Myōjin as part
of the network of the divine old man.
