JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Minamoto No Yoritomo, Impermanence, Tragic Hero
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Determines the punishment dead should receive and which realm they should go to. Portray the capital/secular life (a series of war, earthquake, famine) The tales of times now past (konjaku monogatari) Part 3: history of buddhism in japan and secular life in india, china, and japan. Purposes: convey buddhist teachings (skillful means, portrayal of secular life, entertainment. How a monk of the dojoji in the provinceand brought salvation to the serpents. Chapter 14 of tales of times now past. Has miraculous in the story to save the serpent people. The woman in the story has desire for the monk and this is why she suffers, she is punished for her desire. But also in the end she gets what she wants, she had to become a serpent in order to get it but she still gets the monk to marry her. Portrays demons in a very negative, monstrous light.
