JÅkei and Buddhist Devotion in Early Medieval Japan

Name: JÅkei and Buddhist Devotion in Early Medieval Japan
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ISBN: 9780195188141

ISBN-10: 0195188144

ISBN-13: 9780195188141

Edition: 2006

Authors: James L. Ford

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This is the first book-length study in any language of Jokei (1155-1213), a prominent Buddhist cleric of the Hosso (Yogacara) school, whose life bridged the momentous transition from Heian (794-1185) to Kamakura (1185-1333) Japan, the dawn of the medieval era. While Jokei is invariably cited as one of the leading representatives of established Buddhism during the Kamakura period, he has been seriously neglected by Western scholars. This book brings to light this pivotal and long-overlooked figure. Ford also argues convincingly that Jokei is an ideal personage through which to peer anew into the socio-religious dynamics of early medieval Japan. Through a detailed examination of Jokei's…

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List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/24/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English




Biography, texts, and context



Jokei and the revival of Hosso doctrine



Sources and objects of Jokei's devotion



Soteriological aims, means, and boundaries



Toward an understanding of Jokei's devotion and practice



Jokei, Honen, and the Kofukuji sojo



"Kamakura Buddhism" reexamined



Jokei's five-part Miroku Koshiki (c. 1196) : a translation

JÅkei and Buddhist Devotion in Early Medieval Japan