Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Author "Abe, Ryuichi"
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Relic Theft and Sacred Space in Medieval Japan: Enshrinements of the Buddha’s Body a Study of Texts and Objects
Cross, Julia Heather (2021-01-20)This dissertation examines relic worship (i.e., worship of the bones of the historical Buddha) in thirteenth through fifteenth-century Japan. Through material objects and manuscripts, it shows that relic worship during ... -
The Yoga of Dying: Xuanzang on the Nature of Death
Brewster, Ernest B. (2018-05-15)This study reclaims the investigation undertaken by Xuanzang (602-667 C.E.) 玄奘, the translator and peripatetic scholar-monk of the Tang Dynasty, and his translation team, into the nature of dying. It conforms to the ...