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Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's mortuary temple and its culture

Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's mortuary temple and its culture
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ISBN 9004512527 (hardcover)
9789004512528 (hardcover)
Author Gunji, Naoko
Title Amidaji : Emperor Antoku's mortuary temple and its culture / by Naoko Gunji
Publisher Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023
Physical desc. xiii, 347 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans, genealogical tables, portraits ; 26 cm.
Series Japanese visual culture 21
Note Includes an abbreviated genealogical table of the Taira, the imperial family, and the regental family.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-333) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Historical background: the rise and fall of the Taira clan -- Amidaji as a mortuary site and the pacification of spirits -- The lost temple complex of Amidaji: its architecture and rituals -- Portraits of Antoku and the Taira -- Illustrated story of Emperor Antoku -- Etoki ritual of the spirit hall -- Epilogue.
Person as subject Antoku -- Emperor of Japan -- 1178-1185
Taira family
Subject Buddhist art -- Japan -- Shimonoseki-shi
Art -- Japan -- Shimonoseki-shi
Buddhist architecture -- Japan
Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185
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