TY - BOOK ID - 85902928 TI - A storied sage : canon and creation in the making of a Japanese Buddha PY - 2016 SN - 022628641X 9780226286419 9780226286389 022628638X PB - Chicago University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Buddhism KW - J1800 KW - J1830 KW - Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- general and history KW - Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- deities KW - Gautama Buddha. KW - Gautama, KW - Fo-tʻo KW - Buddha, KW - Gotama, KW - Shih-chia-mou-ni KW - Shijiamuni KW - Sākyamuni KW - Sŏkka KW - Buddha KW - Sŏgamoni KW - Shākyamuni KW - Shakamuni-butsu KW - Shakuson KW - Shittaruta KW - Shih-chia Ju-lai KW - Phraphutthačhao KW - Pultʻa KW - Putta KW - Siddhartha Gotama KW - Gotama, Siddhartha KW - Budda KW - Śākya-thup-pa KW - Shi-chia-mu-ni KW - Siddhartha Gautama KW - Gautama, Siddhartha KW - Bhayavat KW - Tathagata KW - Siduhat Kumāraya KW - Puttar KW - Puttan̲ KW - Kautama Puttar KW - Puttapirān̲ KW - Cittārtta Kautama Puttar KW - Siddhārtha, KW - Tất Đạt Đa KW - בודהא KW - 釈迦 KW - 释迦牟尼 KW - 釋迦牟尼 KW - E-books KW - Sitthattha Khōtama KW - Khōtama, Sitthattha KW - Gotama, Siddhatta KW - Buddhism. KW - Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai. KW - Japan. KW - Buddha. KW - Sakyamuni. KW - canonicity. KW - hagiography. KW - historicism. KW - secularization. KW - vernacularization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85902928 AB - Since its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of ancient Indian descent who abandoned his wealth and power to become an awakened being, has repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, emerging each time in a different form and to different ends. A Storied Sage traces this transformation of concepts of the Buddha, from Japan's ancient period in the eighth century to the end of the Meiji period in the early twentieth century. Micah L. Auerback follows the changing fortune of the Buddha through the novel uses for the Buddha's story in high and low culture alike, often outside of the confines of the Buddhist establishment. Auerback argues for the Buddha's continuing relevance during Japan's early modern period and links the later Buddhist tradition in Japan to its roots on the Asian continent. Additionally, he examines the afterlife of the Buddha in hagiographic literature, demonstrating that the late Japanese Buddha, far from fading into a ghost of his former self, instead underwent an important reincarnation. Challenging many established assumptions about Buddhism and its evolution in Japan, A Storied Sage is a vital contribution to the larger discussion of religion and secularization in modernity. ER -