Buddhist hagiographies in early Japan
Subtitle: images of compassion in the Gyōki tradition
By: Jonathan Morris Augustine.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Gyōki, 668-749.; Priests, Buddhist -- Japan -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The received biography of Gyōki; title: 2. The historicity of Gyōki's accounts; title: 3. Gyōki and the Sōniryō; title: 4. Gyōki and the politics of the Nara Court; title: 5. Gyōki charitable projects; title: 6. The development of Gyōki biographies.