The Reception of Genshin and his Ichijo yoketsu
Operetto, Serena
Genshin (¿¿, 942-1017), also known as Eshin sozu (¿¿¿¿) , is one of the most prominent masters of Japanese Tendai Buddhism. This study focuses on one of his seminal works, the Ichijo yoketsu ¿¿¿¿ (Determining the Essentials of the One-vehicle), and evaluates its influence on subsequent representatives of the tradition in the medieval period. It elucidates how Genshin and his most significant writings, i.e. the Ichijo yoketsu and the Ojoyoshu ¿...