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Ryogen and Mount Hiei : Japanese Tendai in the tenth century / Paul Groner.

by Groner, Paul, 1946-

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Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2002.

Ryogen, 912-985.

Tendai (Sect) -- History.

Tendai priests -- Japan -- Biography.

0824822609 (hardcover) :

Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 15

xv, 525 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Ryogen's place in the history of the Tendai School -- The early history of factionalism within the Tendai School: from Saicho through the mid-tenth century -- Ryogen's early years -- Ryogen's rise to prominence -- Ryogen and the Fujiwaras: patronage and esoteric Buddhism ritual -- The Owa debates -- Ryogen's appointment's as head of the Tendai School and to the office of monastic affairs -- The significance of Ryogen's revival of the examination system -- Rebuilding the Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei -- Ryogen as Zasu: financing the spread of Tendai influence -- Factionalism and Ryogen's efforts to control the order -- Ryogen and the role of nuns in ninth- and tenth-century Japan -- Epilogue: Ryogen's posthumous career.

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