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Page 7
... common images used to express an awareness of evanescence were the passing of the beauties of the natural world and of love . Falling blossoms , dew evaporating in the morning sun , and the fading calls of crickets are ubiquitous ...
... common images used to express an awareness of evanescence were the passing of the beauties of the natural world and of love . Falling blossoms , dew evaporating in the morning sun , and the fading calls of crickets are ubiquitous ...
Page 32
... common man's single invocation of the Buddha . " Also , there is the poem that reads : Do not think that its light shines only after The clouds disperse . The morning moon has been there all along . 5. The source of this familiar image ...
... common man's single invocation of the Buddha . " Also , there is the poem that reads : Do not think that its light shines only after The clouds disperse . The morning moon has been there all along . 5. The source of this familiar image ...
Page 120
... be located in available reference works , but is similar to a common name for mountains , written do " green , " which suggests au , " to meet . " And quickly climbed Ura Mountain in Onomichi . 53 After 120 RETHINKING SORROW.
... be located in available reference works , but is similar to a common name for mountains , written do " green , " which suggests au , " to meet . " And quickly climbed Ura Mountain in Onomichi . 53 After 120 RETHINKING SORROW.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Tale of Genmu | 31 |
Tales Told on Mount Köya | 53 |
Copyright | |
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Rethinking Sorrow: Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan Margaret Childs No preview available - 1996 |
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Amidabu Aragorō Ashikaga asked awakening stories beautiful blossoms Bodhisattva Buddha Buddhist capital clan death didactic emperor emperor Kazan faith father Fujiwaka Genji genre hall Hanamatsu heart Heian period Heike hell husband innkeeper Japanese Japanese Literature Kadokawa Shoten Kasuya killed Kōbō Komachi Kūkai Kusunoki lives look Lord Miike Lotus Sutra Mahāyāna Medieval Japan medieval short stories meditation monogatari moon Mount Hiei Mount Kōya mountain murdered Muromachi Muromachi Period narrator nenbutsu night Nihon Nikkō NKBT Ono no Komachi Otogi pilgrimage poem pray Prefecture provinces Pure Land reader realized rebirth recited religious awakening renounce the world replied revelation revelatory tale robe salvation Seven Nuns Shingon Shinozaki Shoten shrine sleeve someone sorrow Tale of Genmu teachings tears tell temple Tendai things thought Three Monks Tokyo Told on Mount Toyoda trans transience truth vows wept Western Paradise wife woman wonderful words young youth Zenkōji