This work explores these forms of Buddhist redaction in the figure of Kukai (774-835), and suggests a corrective to this minimization of what he has meant to Japanese religiosity.
... literary theory were born , Kūkai's Bunkyōhifu - ron ( On the Treasure House of Writing ; written between 810 and 820 ) being the first such theoretical work in Japanese history . The establishment of aesthetic values decisively shaped ...
He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric Buddhism from China, which resulted in the formation of the Shingou sect ...
... Kūkai returned from studying the tenets of the Chen - yen ( Shingon ) sect in China , and set about propagating its ... figure . He inherited a poetic and political allegiance opposed to the conservative * Nijō poets and allied ...
... birth name ) is remembered in association with literary romanticism , in which he was arguably the leading figure ... KŪKAI , ( 774-835 ) . KÕBU GATTAI . See UNION OF COURT AND SHŌGUNATE ( MOVE- MENT FOR ) ( KŌBU GATTAI UNDŐ , ARAKIH ) ...
... literary theory were born , Kūkai's Bunkyōhifu - ron ( On the Treasure House of Writing ; written between 810 and 820 ) being the first such theoretical work in Japanese history . The establishment of aesthetic values decisively shaped ...
... literary masterworks : evidence exists that Kūkaı , prior to his de- parture for China , used a composition process that involved ... Kūkai here uses two Chinese characters phonetically to. ZENITH OF COMPOSITION IN CHINESE 39.
... Kūkai 空海(774–835) Likely the most famous Buddhist figure in Japan, Kūkai founded the Japanese Shingon (“Truth Word” or “Mantra”) School of Esoteric (Vajrayana) Buddhism. Famed for his calligraphy, his Chinese literary criticism, and ...
... Kūkai 空海(774–835). Kūkai was one of the most important figures in early Japanese history, famed both for his literary and religious accomplishments. Intensely interested in everything Chinese (as demonstrated by his own travels there ...
... ( Kūkai , 1975 , p . 219 ) Except for shi and fu , genres of “ wen ” are rarely discussed in the history of modern ... figures like Zu Chongzhi were also included , the discussions at the end of the essay were only related to ...