The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism

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The Seven Tengu Scrolls The Seven Tengu Scrolls EVIL AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY IN MEDIEVAL JAPANESE BUDDHISM Haruko Wakabayashi UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I PRESS HONOLULU © 2012 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 14 13 12 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wakabayashi, Haruko Nishioka. The seven tengu scrolls : evil and the rhetoric of legitimacy in medieval Japanese Buddhism / Haruko Wakabayashi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3416-6 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1. Tengu. 2. Tengu no soshi. 3. Good and evil— Religious aspects—Buddhism. 4. Buddhism—Japan— History—1185‒1600. I. Title. GR830.T3W34 2012 398.20952’01—dc23 2011045355 Publication of this book was assisted by a grant from the Japan Studies Endowment Fund, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa. University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acidfree paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Julie Matsuo-Chun Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc. ...