Re-Presenting Chigo: The Figure of the Acolyte in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Literature
In Japanese culture, the figure of the Buddhist acolyte, or chigo, has been a popular object of artistic depiction, both in image and in text. In fact, during the medieval period, and especially the twelfth to the thirteen centuries, the figure of the chigo inspired an entire sub-genre of literatur...
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University of Oregon
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13321 |