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The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity (Paperback)
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In this annotated translation and study of an early
fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall
Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval
Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The Kasuga Gongen
genki ("The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity") mingles text and
painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the
Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan
for centuries. The work's values are aristocratic, but the text
sheds light on the syncretic nature of the era's religious
practices, allowing Tyler to collapse the distinction between high
and low forms of medieval Japanese religion. Tyler provides a
detailed examination of the scrolls, the shrine, and their history
and political role. He also elucidates the scrolls' relationship to
literary genre and religious practice, including the interaction
between Shintoism and Buddhism. His copious annotations describe
the work's historical context, as well as its religious and
cultural influences. This study is essential for scholars of
religion, art historians, and cultural historians alike.
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