Plotting the Prince: Shotoku Cults and the Mapping of Medieval Japanese Buddhism 9780824865726

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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction: The Lay of the Land
Part I. Faces of Shōtoku: Cultic Identities through Time
Part II. Mapping Shōtoku’s Tale: Cultic Identities in Place
Epilogue: Afterlives
Appendix: List of Selected Events in the Life of the Legendary Shōtoku
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Plotting the Prince: Shotoku Cults and the Mapping of Medieval Japanese Buddhism
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