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- Title
Illustrating the Mind.
- Authors
Eubanks, Charlotte
- Abstract
This article explores the overlap between descriptions of sutra devotion that appear in setsuwa narratives and graphic traditions of sutra decoration popular in classical and medieval Japan, particularly from the eleventh century onward. Drawing on material from two Heian-period setsuwa collections, Hokke genki (1040-1044) and Konjaku monogatari shu (ca. 1120), the article focuses on the visual elements of written sutras, especially as elaborated in tales concerning "faulty memory." The article considers particular setsuwa as written stories which can be embodied in performance (preaching) and which attempt to activate the visual imaginations of their reader-listeners. Furthermore, the article argues that these setsuwa posit the memory, the page, and the human body as intertwined locales for the inscription of sacred Buddhist text.
- Subjects
JAPAN; MEMORY; SUTRAS (Buddhism); NARRATIVES; JAPANESE literature; BUDDHIST preaching; JAPANESE Buddhism; HEIAN Period, Japan, 794-1185; RELIGION
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 2009, Vol 36, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0304-1042
- Publication type
Article