Royall Tyler 
The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity 

In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The
Kasuga Gongen genki (‚The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity‘) mingles text and painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan for centuries. The work’s values are aristocratic, but the text sheds light on the syncretic nature of the era’s religious practices, allowing Tyler to collapse the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religion. Tyler provides a detailed examination of the scrolls, the shrine, and their history and political role. He also elucidates the scrolls‘ relationship to literary genre and religious practice, including the interaction between Shintoism and Buddhism. His copious annotations describe the work’s historical context, as well as its religious and cultural influences. This study is essential for scholars of religion, art historians, and cultural historians alike.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Conventions and Official Tides
Introduction
Part I
1. The Work
2. The Text
3. The Shrine
4. The Temple
5. The Cult
6. Forms and Dreams
7. Poems and Plays
8. The Sakaki Leaf Diary
Part II: The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity
Contents and Preface
Scroll 1
Scroll 2
Scroll 3
Scroll 4
Scroll 5
Scroll 6
Scroll 7
Scroll 8
Scroll 9
Scroll 10
Scroll 11
Scroll 12
Scroll 13
Scroll 14
Scroll 15
Scroll 16
Scroll 17
Scroll 18
Scroll 19
Scroll 20
Bibliography
Index
Maps
1. The Kasuga-Kofukuji Area
2. The Kasuga Shrine
3. Kofukuji

Über den Autor

Royall Tyler taught Japanese language and literature for many years at the Australian National University. He has also taught at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin. His translation of
The Tale of Genji was acclaimed by publications such as the
New York Times Book Review.