Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan 9780824859435

Ritualized Writing takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival sou

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Conventions
Introduction
Part One. Ritual Practices
1. Merit, Purity, and Ceremony
2. Ritual Compositions
Part Two. Organizations
3. Writing Societies
4. Instituting Transcription
Part Three. Microhistories
5. Disciplinary Regimes
6. Haunted by Demons, Watched by Kings
Epilogue
Appendix: Names of the Kōmyōshi/Tōdaiji Scriptorium
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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