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LECTURE> SOAS Buddhist Forum, 20-21 Feb: Buddhism and Political Power in Mediaeval Japan (Dr. Ikuyo Matsumoto of Yokohama City University)
by Yael Shiri
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the next Buddhist Forum event at
SOAS, supported by Khyentse Foundation and organised in partnership with the
SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions:
"Buddhism and Political Power in Medieval Japan: The
Rituals of Consecration of the Emperor"
A lecture by Dr. Ikuyo Matsumoto of
Yokohama City University.
Time: Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 17:30-19:00
Venue: Russell
Square: College Buildings Room: MB116
The
lecture will be followed, the next day, by a reading seminar* led
by Dr. Matsumoto:
"Reading the medieval Buddhist manuals for the ritual of
enthronement (sokuihô)"
Time:
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 10:00-13:00
Venue: Russell
Square: College Buildings Room: MB116
*Like
all Buddhist Forum events, both events are free and open for all, but
the reading seminar requires familiarity with Japanese and
pre-registration.
To
register, please write to: ys13@soas.ac.uk
About the speaker:
Ikuyo
Matsumoto is Associate Professor of Japanese Cultural History and Medieval
Japanese History at Yokohama City University. Her current research interests
address the development of a culture of religious secrecy in medieval Japan as
expressed through visual images and texts.
Dr. Matsumoto has published
widely on medieval Buddhist rituals, including: Chûsei ôken to sokui kanjô: Shogyô no
naka no rekishi jujutsu (“Royal Authority in
Medieval Japan and the Enthronement Initiation Ritual: Historical Evidence from
Buddhist Scriptures”), Tokyo: Shinwasha, 2005; Ten'nô no sokui girei to shinbutsu (“The
Emperor's Ascension Rituals and the Kami and Buddhas”)，Tokyo: Yoshikawa kobunkan, 2017; Girei no chikara: Chûsei shûkyô no
jissen sekai (“The Power of Ritual: The World of Religious
Practice in Medieval Japan”)，co-ed.,
Kyoto: Hozokan, 2010. Other publications include Fûzoku kaiga no bunkagaku ("Cultural
Studies of Genre Paintings"), 3 vols, co-ed., Kyoto: Shibunkaku, 2009,
2012, 2014 and a database of classical maps from
the archives of Yokohama City University, which includes some Bonreki (Buddhist
calendar) Maps.
Kind
regards,
Yael
Shiri, Student Assistant at the SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies
