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"Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike mo…
"Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike mo…
"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. "Kamakura Buddhism" has drawn notable scholarly…
"This book examines the historical problem of allegory and why certain texts lent themselves to allegorical interpretation; the political, economic, and religious developments of the Kamakura period that encouraged the development of this method of interpretation; and the possib…
"This book examines the historical problem of allegory and why certain texts lent themselves to allegorical interpretation; the political, economic, and religious developments of the Kamakura period that encouraged the development of this method of interpretation; and the possib…
