Japan’s forgotten god: jūzenji in medieval texts and the visual arts

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  • who: Or Porath from the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Leiden University, BZ Leiden, The Netherlands have published the article: Japan’s Forgotten God: Jūzenji in Medieval Texts and the Visual Arts, in the Journal: Religions 2022, 693 of 23/04/1868
  • what: This study examines Jūzenji 十禅師 a medieval god worshiped within the Sannō cult at Hie Shrine during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The Article demonstrates that Tendai thinkers promoted Jūzenji to a supreme ontological status since his liminal and ambivalent character afforded him the unique role of redirecting the . . .

     

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