Bodhisattva Jizō and Folk Religious Influences: Elements of Folk Religion in Jizō’s Understanding in Japan
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https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2016.4.1.115-129Keywords:
Bodhisattva Jizō, sae no kami, dōsojin, yama no kami, Japanese folk beliefsAbstract
In this paper I will focus on religious meanings that surround Bodhisattva Jizō and their connection with Japanese traditional folk religious beliefs and practices that have greatly influenced the present-day interpretation of the Jizō phenomena in Japan. Jizō is an ideal case for illustrating the functioning of religious currents in Japan and perfectly reveals how these currents were mutually complementary in the past and how they work today.
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Jauk Pinhak, Milka. 2001. Buddhizam i đinizam. Istočne religije. Skripta za Studente, 85–140. Zagreb: Filozofski fakultet, Katedra za indologiju.
Kawamura, Kunimutsu. 2015. “Sakainokami.” In Encyclopedia of Shinto. Accessed November 9, 2015. http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/
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Lakić Parać, Iva. 2007. “Higashihorikoshi wo chūshin to suru Jizō shinkō.” Fieldwork paper. 2006 Ethnology of Hagurosan. Yamagata prefecture, The City of Furuoka, 23–29. Department of Ethnology, University of Tsukuba.
Naumann, Nelly. 1963. Yama no kami – die japanische Berggottheit. Teil I: Grundvorstellungen.” Asian Folklore Studies 22, S. 133–366. Accessed September 9, 2015. https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/568.
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Vettore, Caterina. 2010. “Il Bavaglino Rosso.” La Ricerca Folclorica 62: 69–78. Vestire i simulacra.
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LAKIĆ PARAĆ, Iva. 2016. “Bodhisattva Jizō and Folk Religious Influences: Elements of Folk Religion in Jizō’s Understanding in Japan”. Asian Studies 4 (1): 115-29. https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2016.4.1.115-129.
