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Ilustrácia šintó-buddhistického synkretizmu na príklade maľby božstiev Kasuga a Sumijoši
| Title in English | Illustration of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism based on the example of Kasuga and Sumiyoshi paintings |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | Shinto; Japanese Buddhism; kami; religious syncretism; Kasuga; Sumiyoshi; Myoe Shonin |
| Description | The paper deals with the honji suijaku theory of Shinto–Buddhist syncretism illustrated upon the example of a painting of two Shinto deities, Kasuga and Sumiyoshi. The painting was summoned by a monk of the Buddhist Kegon school named Myoe Shonin, who had had two revelatory encounters with the Kasuga deity. This paper comes forth with the question of how it was possible for a Buddhist monk to have a Shinto deity painting revered as the main object of worship in a Buddhist temple. By means of tracing the intentions and circumstances behind Myoe's activities, it considers one particular example of the Shinto–Buddhist syncretism, a characteristic feature of medieval Japanese religion. |
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