| FB-51789-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Hank Glassman | The Cult of the Bodhisattva Jizo in Medieval and Early Modern Japan | 1/1/2005 - 8/31/2005 | $40,000.00 | Hank | | Glassman | | | | Haverford College | Haverford | PA | 19041-1392 | USA | 2004 | Nonwestern Religion | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
I will complete a book manuscript on the worship of Jizo bodhisattva in medieval and early modern Japan. By illuminating three facets of the Jizo cult -- the iconography of Jizo in "welcoming descent," the legend safe childbirth Jizo of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and the development of the cult of the "Shogun Jizo" among warriors -- I will illuminate, respectively, the religious concerns and needs of clerics, women, and warriors from the thirteenth century through the seventeenth. Drawing from a wide array of sources, I will study historical documents, literary works, doctrinal texts, illustrated books, and paintings. The project should be of interest to specialists in Japanese history, religious culture of Japan, Buddhism, and gender. |