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Ryōgen and Mount Hiei [electronic resource] : Japanese Tendai in the tenth century / Paul Groner.

By: Groner, Paul, 1946-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Studies in East Asian Buddhism: no. 15.Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2002Description: xv, 525 p. : map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Ryogen, 912-985 | Tendai (Sect) -- History | Priests, Tendai -- Japan -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 294.3/92 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Ryōgen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saichō through the mid-tenth century -- Ryōgen's early years -- Ryōgen's rise to prominence -- Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The Ōwa debates -- Ryōgen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ryōgen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ryōgen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ryōgen's efforts to control the order -- Ryōgen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ryōgen's posthumous career.

"A Kuroda Institute book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-509) and index.

Ryōgen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saichō through the mid-tenth century -- Ryōgen's early years -- Ryōgen's rise to prominence -- Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The Ōwa debates -- Ryōgen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ryōgen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ryōgen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ryōgen's efforts to control the order -- Ryōgen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ryōgen's posthumous career.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.