Ry�ogen and Mount Hiei [electronic resource] : Japanese Tendai in the tenth century / Paul Groner.
By: Groner, Paul.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: Studies in East Asian Buddhism: no. 15.Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2002Description: xv, 525 p. : map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Ry�ogen, 912-985 | Tendai (Sect) -- History | Tendai priests -- Japan -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 294.3/92 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view"A Kuroda Institute book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-509) and index.
Ry�ogen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saich�o through the mid-tenth century -- Ry�ogen's early years -- Ry�ogen's rise to prominence -- Ry�ogen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The �Owa debates -- Ry�ogen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ry�ogen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ry�ogen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ry�ogen's efforts to control the order -- Ry�ogen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ry�ogen's posthumous career.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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