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FLOWING TRACES FLOWING TRACES If BUDDHISM IN THE LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTS OFJAPAN Edited by James H. Sanford, William R. LaFleur, and Masatosht Nagatomi PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY G e $ r 7£ό rL Ό*) Z Copyright © 1992 by Princeton University Press c • / Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Oxford All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Date Flowing traces : Buddhism in the literary and visual arts of Japan / edited by James H. Sanford, William R. LaFleur, and Masatoshi Nagatomi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-07365-1 (alk. paper) I. Japanese literature—To 1868—History and criticism. 2. Buddhism in literature. 3. Buddhism and art—Japan. I. Sanford, James H. II. LaFleur, William R. III. Nagatomi, M. PL726.112.B8F56 1992 895.6Ό9382—dc20 91-29243 CIP The costs of publishing this book have been defrayed in part by an award from the Books on Japan Fund in respect of Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability m Japan, 1949- 1986 and The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeamu A Comparative Study of Greek Tragedy and No, both published by Princeton University Press. The Fund is financed by TheJapan Foundation from donations contributed generously by Japanese companies. This book has been composed in Linotron Sabon Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources Printed in the United States of America 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PAIR> 32101 020766489 To Bodhidharma AND HIS GOOD FRIENDS EVERYWHERE Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 3 One Symbol and Yiigen·. Shunzei's Use of Tendai Buddhism William R. LaFleur 16 Two Nature, Courtly Imagery, and Sacred Meaning in the Ippen Hijiri-e Laura S. Kaufman 47 Three Prefiguration and Narrative in Medieval Hagiography: The Ippen Hijiri-e James H. Foard 76 Four Coping with Death: Paradigms of Heaven and Hell and the Six Realms in Early Literature and Painting Barbara Ruch 93 Five Seeing and Being Seen: The Mirror of Performance Frank Hoff 131 Six "The Path of My Mountain": Buddhism in N5 Royall Tyler 149 Seven Chujohime: The Weaving of Her Legend Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis 180 Eight Multiple Commemorations: The Vegetable Nehan of Ito Jakuchu Yoshiaki Shimizu 201 Vlll CONTENTS Nine Holy Horrors: The Sermon-Ballads of Medieval and Early Modern Japan Susan Matisoff 234 Contributors 263 Index 265 Illustrations Figure 1 Ippen preaches at the Shaka-do. Ippen Hijiri-e scroll vii, section 2. (Courtesy of Tokyo National Museum. Photograph of facsimile by the author.) 50 Figure 2 Ippen distributing Nembutsu cards at the Shaka-do. Detail of lppen Hijiri-e, scroll vn, section 2. (Courtesy of Tokyo National Museum. Photograph of facsimile by the author.) 52 Figure 3 Ippen parts from Shokai at Sakurai. Detail of lppen Hijiri-e, scroll n, section 2. (Courtesy of Shojokoji, Kanagawa and Kankikoji, Kyoto.) 54 Figure 4 lppen departs from the house of Oi no Tar5. Ippen Hijiri-e, scroll v, section 1. (Courtesy of Shojokoji, Kanagawa and Kankikoji, Kyoto.) 56 Figure 5 lppen at the Shirakawa Barrier. Ippen Hijiri-e, scroll v, section 3. (Courtesy of Shojokoji, Kanagawa and Kankikoji, Kyoto.) 59 Figure 6 lppen visits the Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine. Ippen Hijiri-e, scroll ix, section 1. (Courtesy of Shojokoji, Kanagawa and Kankikoji, Kyoto.). 65 Figure 7 Yakuo-bon frontispiece. Heike nokyo, chapter 23. (Courtesy of Itskushima Shrine, Hiroshima Prefecture and Benrido.) 72 Figure 8 A Kumano nun and her young novice assistant with alms cup at the foot of a bridge performing etoki (painting-recitation) of the Kumano kanjin jikkai mandara. Detail from a pair of two-fold screens, "A Festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine" (Freer 00.25), seventeenth century. (Courtesy of Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) 95 Figure 9 A deceased mother returns in the form of a great white bird to save her children's lives. Tsukihi no honji, one-volume Nara-ehon, early Edo period. (Courtesy of Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.) 104
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