Memory, Music, Manuscripts: The Ritual Dynamics of Kōshiki in Japanese Sōtō Zen

by Michaela Mross

Book Overview

Kōshiki (Buddhist ceremonials) belong to a shared ritual repertoire of Japanese Buddhism that began with Tendai Pure Land belief in the late tenth century and spread to all Buddhist schools, including Sōtō Zen in the thirteenth century. In Memory, Music, Manuscripts, Michaela Mross elegantly combines the study of premodern manuscripts and woodblock prints with ethnographic fieldwork to illuminate the historical development of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824892739
• ISBN13: 9780824892739
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"