Justin B. Stein
@justinbstein.bsky.social
Scholar of transnational Japanese religion / spiritual practice at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (BC, Canada) | Author of Alternate Currents: Reiki's Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific
any standout beers?
February 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
any standout beers?
Oh okay, so another reference on Kotobank says it was because they were the most important sites of prayer for the Imperial Court... but it also says the term was used in the Nihon Shoki, so I assume it originally referred to the 大和四寺, but as their influence waned the phrase shifted to these 4?
November 17, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Oh okay, so another reference on Kotobank says it was because they were the most important sites of prayer for the Imperial Court... but it also says the term was used in the Nihon Shoki, so I assume it originally referred to the 大和四寺, but as their influence waned the phrase shifted to these 4?
* specifically Onjōji at Miidera
November 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM
* specifically Onjōji at Miidera
Oh I found it. I guess the phrase is a misleading English translation of 四箇の大寺, which was a term coined in the Nanboku-chō (late 14th c.) Taiheiki to refer to Tōdaiji and Kōfukuji (both in Nara), Enryakuji, and Miidera. Thanks Kotobank.jp! Still curious why these four – political influence?
November 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Oh I found it. I guess the phrase is a misleading English translation of 四箇の大寺, which was a term coined in the Nanboku-chō (late 14th c.) Taiheiki to refer to Tōdaiji and Kōfukuji (both in Nara), Enryakuji, and Miidera. Thanks Kotobank.jp! Still curious why these four – political influence?
she was robbed!
November 16, 2024 at 4:36 AM
she was robbed!