ARTH 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kimono, Kegare, Class Conflict
31 May 2016
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Buddhism and shinto : religions and arts . Many people practice both shinto and buddhism. (cid:498)kami(cid:499) : the gods of the shinto religion. Shinto : instituted as a state religion with a emperor as its symbolic head (in 1872) Before 1872 : shinto was not a state religion it was a diffuse system with multiple (cid:498)gods(cid:499) called (cid:498)kami(cid:499) The mixing of shinto and buddhist elements. Sacred tree ; fox ; snake ; human genitalia. Died and returned to kyoto as an evil spirit. The introduction of buddhism to japan in the 6th c. Shinto : (cid:498)death(cid:499) = (cid:498)kegare (cid:523)defilement(cid:524)(cid:499) / there is not a strong connection to an afterlife. Buddhism : (cid:498)death(cid:499) = a starting point to another life. Shinbutsu-shugo : the syncretism of kami and buddhas. The issue of a relationship and hierarchy between (cid:498)kami(cid:499) and (cid:498)buddha(cid:499) First, buddha was considered as superior to kami, but then they gradually became close to each other.
