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Frontmatter
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- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- One. Symbol and Yiigen: Shunzei’s Use of Tendai Buddhism 16
- Two. Nature, Courtly Imagery, and Sacred Meaning in the Ippen Hijiri-e 47
- Three. Prefiguration and Narrative in Medieval Hagiography: The Ippen Hijiri-e 76
- Four. Coping with Death: Paradigms of Heaven and Hell and the Six Realms in Early Literature and Painting 93
- Five. Seeing and Being Seen: The Mirror of Performance 131
- Six. “The Path of My Mountain”: Buddhism in Nō 149
- Seven. Chújóhime: The Weaving of Her Legend 180
- Eight. Multiple Commemorations: The Vegetable Nehan of Itō Jakuchū 201
- Nine. Holy Horrors: The Sermon-Ballads of Medieval and Early Modern Japan 234
- Contributors 263
- Index 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- One. Symbol and Yiigen: Shunzei’s Use of Tendai Buddhism 16
- Two. Nature, Courtly Imagery, and Sacred Meaning in the Ippen Hijiri-e 47
- Three. Prefiguration and Narrative in Medieval Hagiography: The Ippen Hijiri-e 76
- Four. Coping with Death: Paradigms of Heaven and Hell and the Six Realms in Early Literature and Painting 93
- Five. Seeing and Being Seen: The Mirror of Performance 131
- Six. “The Path of My Mountain”: Buddhism in Nō 149
- Seven. Chújóhime: The Weaving of Her Legend 180
- Eight. Multiple Commemorations: The Vegetable Nehan of Itō Jakuchū 201
- Nine. Holy Horrors: The Sermon-Ballads of Medieval and Early Modern Japan 234
- Contributors 263
- Index 265