The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism 9780824861148

This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897–1185) to the late K

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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Tengu And Buddhist Concepts Of Evil
1. From Malign Spirit To Manifestation Of Ma
2. Tengudō, The Realm Of Tengu
2. Reading The Tengu Zōshi
3. Structure And Relationship To Existing Variant Scrolls
4. Critique Of Kamakura Buddhism
5. The Onjōji Scroll And The Question Of Authorship
6. The Definition Of Ma
Conclusion
Appendix Comparative Table Of The Onjōji Scroll And The 1319 Petition
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
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