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Allegories of Desire

- Esoteric Literary Commentaries of Medieval Japan

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In medieval Japanese literature, the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism began to be incorporated into the teaching of waka poetry. The main figure in this development was 13th-century poet Fujiwara Tameaki, whose commentaries transformed secular texts into allegories of Buddhist enlightenment.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674009561
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 378
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. maj 2003
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x32 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 658 g.
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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In medieval Japanese literature, the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism began to be incorporated into the teaching of waka poetry. The main figure in this development was 13th-century poet Fujiwara Tameaki, whose commentaries transformed secular texts into allegories of Buddhist enlightenment.

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