The halo of golden light : imperial authority and Buddhist ritual in Heian Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sango, Asuka, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Buddhism and state > Japan > History. Buddhism > Japan > Rituals. Buddhism > Japan > History > To 1185. Japan > Politics and government > 794-1185. RELIGION > Buddhism > General. RELIGION > Comparative Religion. Buddhism. Buddhism and state. Buddhism > Rituals. Politics and government. Japan. Buddhismus Staat Heian-Zeit Ritus Japan To 1185 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The emperor and the Golden light sutra
Buddhist debate and the religious policy of the Heian state
Clerical promotion: domination, resistance, and alternatives
Buddhist rituals and the reconstitution of the Ritsuryo polity
When rites go wrong: ritual and political conflict
Ritual imitation and the retired emperor: reinventing imperial religious authority.