UID:
almahu_9949701906502882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781684173389
,
9780674002456
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 188
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death -- The Continental Context: Buddha Relics in India and China -- Buddha Relics as Imperial Treasures: 'Ichidai ichido busshari hōken' -- Buddha Relics as Esoteric Treasures: The Latter Seven-Day Rite and the Inventory of Buddha Relics -- Buddha Relics as Objects of Contention: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Worship and Relic Theft -- Lineage and Gender in the Economy of Relics -- Rebirth of the Warrior-King: Samurai Society and the Powers of Buddha Relics -- Buddha Relics and the Ritual Economy in Early Medieval Japan -- Scripture of the Golden-Wheel Dhāraṇī King's Secret Transformation into a Buddha in This Body Through Turning the Wheel of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel -- Excerpts from the "Relics" ("Shari") and "Additional Teachings on Jewels" ("Hōju yū setsu") Chapters of Kakuzen's Notes (Kakuzen shō) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan. Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2000 ISBN 9780674002456
Language:
English
