The Mythological Function of Imperial Body in the Construction of History: The “Authentic” Form of Historical Description in Jien's <i>Gukan-shō</i>

• Matsumoto Ikuyo

  横浜市立大学

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 歴史構想にみる神話的身体としての天皇
• 歴史構想にみる神話的身体としての天皇 : 慈円『愚管抄』にみる正統性の定型をとおして
• レキシ コウソウ ニ ミル シンワテキ シンタイ ト シテ ノ テンノウ : ジエン 『 グカンショウ 』 ニ ミル セイトウセイ ノ テイケイ オ トオシテ
• ――慈円『愚管抄』にみる正統性の定型をとおして――

Abstract

In Gukan-shō Jien tried to write an “authentic” history of the country on the basis of the dogma of “mappō” or a Buddhist version of latter days. In so doing he used the emperor's body as a frame of reference for the accurate understanding of historical and social contexts and the construction of the most comprehensive world outlook. Thus paradoxically the book was written as a historical description about the mythological function of imperial body, a universal model on which everything in medieval society was created.

Journal

• Japanese Literature

  Japanese Literature 62 (7), 16-26, 2013-07-10

  Japanese Literature Association

Details

• CRID: 1390001288044738944
• NII Article ID: 130007404521
• NII Book ID: AN00197092
• DOI: 10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.7_16
• ISSN: 24241202
• ISSN: 03869903
• NDL BIB ID: 024749894
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I024749894
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
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  • NDL
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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