Chapter Eight New Interpretations of Sokui Kanjō in the Modern Period: The Enthronement Ceremonies of Emperors Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Contents XI
5. List of Illustrations and Image Credits XV
6. Notes for the Reader XIX
7. List of Contributors XXI
8. Chapter One General Introduction: Rituals of Initiation and Consecration (kanjō) in Premodern Japan 1
9. Part One: Origins and Developments on the Asian Mainland
10. Chapter Two Reflections on the Royal Unction Waters 33
11. Chapter Three The Origin and Transformations of Abhiṣeka in Indian Buddhism 51
12. Chapter Four Birds of a Feather Bathe Together: Buddhist Consecration Rituals in Medieval China and their Relation to Daoism 61
13. Chapter Five Three Chapters on Consecration from the Oḍiyāna Mahāmudrā Lineage 85
14. Part Two: Imperial Consecration in Japan
15. Chapter Six The First Royal Abhiṣeka in Japan: Kūkai’s Esoteric Buddhist Ordination for the Grand Emperor Heizei 115
16. Chapter Seven Literary Secret Agents: Solving the Case of the Sokui Kanjō 155
17. Chapter Eight New Interpretations of Sokui Kanjō in the Modern Period: The Enthronement Ceremonies of Emperors Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa 173
18. Part Three: Religious Developments of the Imperial Consecration
19. Chapter Nine The Cultural History of Kanjō in Japan: The Integration of the Sacred and the Profane 197
20. Chapter Ten “Tossing the Flower for the Sake of the Divinities”: Kechien Kanjō and the Medieval Japanese Cosmology 229
21. Chapter Eleven Ritually Embodying the Lotus Sutra: An Interpretation of the Japanese Tendai Kurodani Lineage Consecrated Ordination (Kai Kanjō) 245
22. Chapter Twelve The Abhiṣeka of the Yogin: Bodily Practices and the Interiorization of Ritual in Medieval Japan 275
23. Chapter Thirteen The World of Shintō Kanjō, With a Focus on Ryōbu Shinto 321
24. Chapter Fourteen The Consecration of Acolytes (Chigo Kanjō): Ritualizing Male-Male Sexuality in Medieval Tendai 343
25. Chapter Fifteen Before the Appearance of Shugen Kanjō: Origin and History of a Forged Ritual 377
26. Chapter Sixteen Buchū Kanjō: Secret Dharma Transmission in the Shugendō Mountain-Entry Ritual 391
27. Part Four: Developments in the Arts
28. Chapter Seventeen Kokin Kanjō: Rituals and Conceptualizations 409
29. Chapter Eighteen The Consecration to the Art of the Biwa (Biwa Kanjō) 421
30. Chapter Nineteen Shō kanjō: Music Education, Secret Melodies, and Imperial Politics 435
31. Bibliography 461
32. Index 495