A Survey on “The Edict for Establishing Kokubunji”
Resource
臺大歷史學報, 42, 085-106
Journal
臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
42
Pages
085-106
Date Issued
2008-12
Date
2008-12
Author(s)
Abstract
By the eve of the Meiji Restoration, Buddhism had been playing a role tantamount to national religion for over 1300 years. "The Edict for Establishing Kokubunji"〈建國分寺之詔〉 decreed by Shoumu Tennou (聖武天皇,700-756) had played a critical role in the development of Buddhism in Japan, since the Edict supplied an institutional basis for the development of Buddhism from the very beginning. For a long time, when discussing the impact and incentive of this Edict, scholars focused on the coincidence of a series of plagues, draughts, and earthquakes during a brief 3-year period (735-737) that had even led to the deaths of 4 top officials in Shoumu Tennou Regime. This article endeavors to show that the most critical cause of the decree of the Edict lay in the crisis brought by the anti-traditional designation of the unmarried Princess Abe (阿倍內親王) as the sole successor to Shoumu Tennou's position.
Subjects
國分寺
聖武天皇
光明皇后
阿倍內親王立太子
長屋王事件
龍女成佛
Japan Buddhism
Shoumu Tennou
Kokubunji
Nagayaou Incident
Type
journal article
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