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Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories : Narrative, Ritual, and Royal Authority from the Chronicles of Japan to the Tale of the Heike.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian Religions and Cultures SeriesPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (481 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804767644
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Eccentric Spaces, Hidden HistoriesDDC classification:
  • 895.6/09358
LOC classification:
  • PL726.115
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- contents -- acknowledgments -- abbreviations -- a note to the reader -- hidden texts -- the yin and the yang of power -- recovering the daoist text -- royalizing the realm and the ritualization of violence -- peripheries of power -- china in the medieval imaginary -- reimagining late heian and early medieval space -- the apocryphal history of kiyomori -- epilogue -- notes -- bibliography -- glossary of chinese characters -- index.
Summary: This book examines the interrelationship between narrative, ritual, and royal authority, including discussions of Daoism, yin-yang, and Buddhist doctrine, as depicted in a variety of texts from The Chronicles of Japan (7th century) to The Tale of the Heike (14th century).
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Intro -- contents -- acknowledgments -- abbreviations -- a note to the reader -- hidden texts -- the yin and the yang of power -- recovering the daoist text -- royalizing the realm and the ritualization of violence -- peripheries of power -- china in the medieval imaginary -- reimagining late heian and early medieval space -- the apocryphal history of kiyomori -- epilogue -- notes -- bibliography -- glossary of chinese characters -- index.

This book examines the interrelationship between narrative, ritual, and royal authority, including discussions of Daoism, yin-yang, and Buddhist doctrine, as depicted in a variety of texts from The Chronicles of Japan (7th century) to The Tale of the Heike (14th century).

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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