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Kompira Daigongen appearing to Kukai at Hashikura Temple
- Translator(s):
- Steve McCarty (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Buddhist Studies, Premodern Japanese History
- Subject(s):
- Buddhism, Japan, Japanese--Religion, 1868-1912, Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Japan, Area studies
- Item Type:
- Map
- Tag(s):
- Syncretism, shinto, Kukai, Kompira, Japanese Buddhism, Japanese religions, Meiji period, Pilgrimage, Japanese studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/32gy-q181
- Abstract:
- Hashikuradera, the inner sanctuary of Kompira-san on Shikoku island, defied the Meiji government and has kept Buddhism and Shinto on the same hallway to this day. This old map depicts the syncretic divinity Kompira Daigongen whirling through the air from Kompira-san or Elephant's Head Mountain (upper left) to meet Kukai, just labeled the great saint (lower right).
- Notes:
- While doing in situ research related to Kukai in 1982, the author interviewed the head priest of Hashikuradera and received this old map. For details about Kompira-san and Elephant's Head Mountain Range, which was seen as a mandala practitioners could enter, see the link on the author's profile to an encyclopedia of religion entry on "Buddhist Syncretism in Japan."
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
hashikuradera.jpg
