ISBN:
9789004517677
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 265 pages)
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illustrations
Series Statement:
Brill's Japanese studies library volume 71
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Saka, Chihiro Datsueba the clothes snatcher
DDC:
398.20952
Keywords:
Datsueba
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Art
;
Art Historiography
;
Art and history
;
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
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Folklore
;
Japan
;
Volksreligion
;
Folklorismus
;
yōkai
;
Datsueba Fiktive Gestalt
;
Hölle
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Toward a More Integrated Picture -- 2 Theoretical Framework, Methodology, and Primary Sources -- 3 Structure of the Monograph -- 1 Conceptions of Hell in Asia: Related Texts and Imagery -- 1 The Six Realms and Early Representations of Hell -- 2 Chinese Adaptations and Visions of Hell -- 3 Female Deities Related to Death: Indian Goddesses, Meng Po, and Datsueba -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- 2 Datsueba in Religious and Popular Texts -- 1 Prototypes for Datsueba -- 2 Datsueba in Accounts of the Ten Kings of Hell -- 3 Datsueba-like Figures in Popular Stories -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- 3 Visual Representations of Datsueba: From Hell Scenes to the Popular Sphere -- 1 Pictorial Representations of Hell Prior to Datsueba -- 2 The Emergence of Datsueba in the Landscape of Hell -- 3 Standardization and Modification of Datsueba Iconography -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- 4 Datsueba in Pilgrimage Mandalas -- 1 Overview of Pilgrimage Mandalas -- 2 Datsueba in Ise sankei mandara : Marking the Border between Sacred and Impure -- 3 Datsueba in the Zenkōji sankei mandara : Bridging the Realm of Underworld and Pure Land -- 4 Datsueba in Tateyama mandara : Manifestation of the Mountain Goddess Ubason and Symbol of the Entrance to Hell -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- 5 Venerating Datsueba: Beliefs and Worship Practices -- 1 Sculptural Images of Datsueba: A Brief Overview -- 2 Datsueba as a Marker of the Otherworld -- 3 The Symbolism of Cloth in Worship Practices Devoted to Datsueba -- 4 Datsueba, Other Old Female Figures, and Buddhist Attitudes toward Women -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- Chinese and Japanese Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
The first full-length study in English to explore Datsueba, the old woman of hell, and her transformation from terrifying ogre to beneficent guardian over a millennium of evolution within the Japanese religious imagination
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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