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Memory, Music, Manuscripts - The Ritual Dynamics of Koshiki in Japanese Soto Zen (Hardcover)
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Memory, Music, Manuscripts - The Ritual Dynamics of Koshiki in Japanese Soto Zen (Hardcover)
Series: Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism
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Koshiki (Buddhist ceremonials) belong to a shared ritual repertoire
of Japanese Buddhism that began with Tendai Pure Land belief in the
late tenth century and spread to all Buddhist schools, including
Soto Zen in the thirteenth century. In Memory, Music, Manuscripts,
Michaela Mross elegantly combines the study of premodern
manuscripts and woodblock prints with ethnographic fieldwork to
illuminate the historical development of the highly musical koshiki
rituals performed by Soto Zen clerics. She demonstrates how ritual
change is often shaped by factors outside the ritual context per
se--by, for example, institutional interests, evolving biographic
images of eminent monks, or changes in the cultural memory of a
particular lineage. Her close study of the fascinating world of
koshiki in Soto Zen sheds light on Buddhism as a lived religion and
the interplay of ritual, doctrine, literature, collective memory,
material culture, and music. Mross highlights in particular the
importance of the sonic dimension in rituals. Scholars of Buddhist
and ritual studies have largely overlooked the soundscapes of
rituals despite the importance of music for many ritual specialists
and the close connection between the acquisition of ritual
expertise and learning to vocalize sacred texts or play musical
instruments. Indeed, Soto clerics strive to perfect their vocal
skills and view koshiki and the singing of liturgical texts as
vital Zen practices and an expression of buddhahood--similar to
seated meditation. Innovative and groundbreaking, Memory, Music,
Manuscripts is the first in-depth study of koshiki in Zen Buddhism
and the first monograph in English on this influential liturgical
genre. A companion website featuring video recordings of selected
koshiki performances is available at
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/dq109wp7548.
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