Explaining Pictures: Buddhist Propaganda and Etoki Storytelling in Japan 9780824844493
Early Japanese Buddhism was patronized by the literate classes and remained a prerogative of the elite until the end of
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Etoki in History
2. Deciphering the Founder of Japanese Buddhism
3. Deciphering Pure Land Imagery
4. Etoki as a Pure Land Method of Proselytization
5. Itinerant Etoki: Solicitors of Buddhism
6. Deciphering the Quasi-Religious Etoki Performer
7. Kumano Images and Propaganda for Women
8. Deciphering Mountain Worship
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Etoki in History
2. Deciphering the Founder of Japanese Buddhism
3. Deciphering Pure Land Imagery
4. Etoki as a Pure Land Method of Proselytization
5. Itinerant Etoki: Solicitors of Buddhism
6. Deciphering the Quasi-Religious Etoki Performer
7. Kumano Images and Propaganda for Women
8. Deciphering Mountain Worship
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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- Ikumi Kaminishi
