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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/tracing-prophetic-narratives-b
 uddhist-prince-construction-myths-and-legends-sh-toku-taishi/
SUMMARY:Tracing the Prophetic Narratives of a Buddhist Prince: the Construc
 tion of Myths and Legends of Shōtoku Taishi in 11th-13th century Japan
DESCRIPTION:\n	Chikamoto Kensuke (Associate Professor of Japanese medieval 
 literature\, Nagoya University\; HYI Visiting Scholar)\n	Chair/Discussant:
  Ryuichi Abe (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions\, Depar
 tment of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University)\n\n	
 Co-sponsored with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\n\n\n	Focus
 ing on prophetic literature\, legends\, statues\, and art constructed in t
 he 11th-13th century\, this presentation proposes to delineate the histori
 cal development of the devotional cult of Prince Shōtoku (574-622)\, know
 n as one of the founding figures of Japanese Buddhism. Two important relic
 s were discovered at temples associated with Prince Shōtoku: The Origin T
 ales of Shitennōji Temple Marked with the Hand Print of Prince Shōtoku a
 nd The Oracles of Prince Shōtoku. The former was discovered at Shitennōj
 i Temple in 1007 and believed to be written by Prince Shōtoku himself\, a
 nd the latter is a stone inscription of Prince Shōtoku's prophecy of the 
 future that was discovered in 1054 in Prince Shōtoku's mausoleum. Recent 
 scholarship deems both of these to be forged relics\, however\, the fact t
 hat they were "discovered" at these precise locations indicates that the p
 roduction of these relics was closely related to important developments in
  the cult of Prince Shōtoku. This talk seeks to clarify the reasons why t
 hese relics were constructed at these particular moments in history and to
  analyze the long-lasting influence they had in subsequent years. Furtherm
 ore\, it will also introduce the Prince Shōtoku at Age Two statue (dated 
 late-13th century)\, currently held at the Harvard Art Museum\, and a numb
 er of texts that were found inside the statue. Specifying how these object
 s were connected to a community of nuns and the Shingon Ritsu school monk 
 Eison (1201-1290) of Saidaiji aims to clarify how the statue could be seen
  as a relic that was used to memorialize the legendary prince as one who e
 mbodied the burgeoning of the Buddhist teachings. 
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