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
Authors

KUBOVČÁKOVÁ Zuzana

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

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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