Ryōgen and Mount Hiei Japanese Tendai in the tenth century /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
c2002.
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| Series: | Studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
no. 15. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Ryōgen's place in the history of the Tendai School
- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saichō through the mid-tenth century
- Ryōgen's early years
- Ryōgen's rise to prominence
- Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual
- The Ōwa debates
- Ryōgen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs
- The significance of Ryōgen's revival of the examination system
- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei
- Ryōgen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence
- Factionalism and Ryōgen's efforts to control the order
- Ryōgen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan
- Epilogue: Ryōgen's posthumous career.