Did the Silk Road(s) Extend from Dunhuang, Mount Wutai, and Chang’an to Kyoto, Japan? A Reassessment Based on Material Culture from the Temple Gate Tendai Tradition of Miidera
Did the Silk Road(s) actually extend to early or medieval Japan? In this paper I take the two Tendai (天台) pilgrims to China who are central to the Jimon (寺門) tradition of Mii Temple (Jap. Miidera 三井寺), Enchin (814-891, 円珍, Chishō daishi 智証大師) and Jōjin (1011-1081, 成尋), as bookends to answer the ques...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Dynamics in the history of religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Pages: 17-67 |
| Further subjects: | B
Altaische & Ostasiatische Sprachen
B Asia B Sprache und Linguistik B Allgemein B Asien-Studien B Art history B Religionswissenschaften B Uralische B Ostasiatische Geschichte B History |
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