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001 2002004637
003 DLC
005 20141231075324.0
008 020322s2002 hiub b s001 0beng
010 $a 2002004637
020 $a0824822609 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm49238961
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dUKM$dC#P$dDLC
043 $aa-ja---
050 00 $aBQ982.Y944$bG76 2002
082 00 $a294.3/92$aB$221
100 1 $aGroner, Paul,$d1946-
245 10 $aRyōgen and Mount Hiei :$bJapanese Tendai in the tenth century /$cPaul Groner.
260 $aHonolulu :$bUniversity of Hawaiʻi Press,$cc2002.
300 $axv, 525 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aStudies in East Asian Buddhism ;$v15
500 $a"A Kuroda Institute book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 491-509) and index.
505 0 $aRyōgen'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.
600 00 $aRyōgen,$d912-985.
650 0 $aTendai (Sect)$xHistory.
650 0 $aTendai priests$zJapan$vBiography.
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d4u2-aa
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2002004637.html