Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8471-0485-8
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 002, 230 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Reihe: Global East Asia

This book uses a cultural interaction approach to discuss numerous temples and shrines of Sinitic origin that house Daoist, Buddhist, and folk gods. Such deities were transmitted outside the Chinese continent, or were introduced from other regions and syncretized. Examples include temple guardian gods that arrived in Japan from China and later became deified as part of the Five Mountain system, and a Daoist deity that transformed into a god in Japan after syncretizing with My?ken Bosatsu. The profoundly different images of Ksitigarbha in China and Japan are discussed, as well as Mt. Jiuhua, the center of Ksitigarbha in modern China. Lastly, the process by which Sinitic gods were transmitted to regions outside of the Chinese continent, such as Taiwan, Singapore, and Okinawa, is explored.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nikaido, Yoshihiro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen Indigene Religionen Asiens, Australasiens und Ozeaniens
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Leseproben

Aus dem Japanischen übersetzt von Jenine L. Heaton

Über Autor(innen)

Prof Dr Yoshihiro Nikaido teaches Asian Cultural studies at the
Kansai University, Japan.