| List of Illustrations | |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Shinano Province before the Kamakura Period | 17 |
| The Zenkoji Plain in the Yayoi and Kofun Periods | 17 |
| The Early Historical Period | 19 |
| The Heian Period (794-1185) | 24 |
| Land Tenure in Heian-period Shinano | 26 |
| Buddhism in Shinano during the Early Heian Period | 27 |
| Buddhism of the Late Heian Period | 29 |
| The Rise of the Warrior | 31 |
| Early Documentary References to Zenkoji | 34 |
| Ch. 3 | The Origin of the Zenkoji Amida Triad | 38 |
| Legendary Accounts | 39 |
| The Icon | 54 |
| Ch. 4 | Zenkoji and Its Cult in the Kamakura Period | 63 |
| Zenkoji and the Kamakura Bakufu | 64 |
| Pure Land Buddhism in the Kamakura Period | 74 |
| Shinano Zenkoji in the Kamakura Period | 78 |
| Zenkoji and the Hijiri | 79 |
| The Shin Zenkoji System | 86 |
| Ch. 5 | Early Kamakura Copies of the Zenkoji Amida Triad | 100 |
| Kofu Zenkoji Amida Triad | 100 |
| The Amida Figures in Zensuiji and a Private Collection | 111 |
| Shimane Zenkoji Amida Triad | 115 |
| Summary | 119 |
| Gilt-bronze Sculpture in Japan | 121 |
| Ch. 6 | Later Kamakura Copies of the Zenkoji Amida Triad | 125 |
| The Seiryoji Parallel | 127 |
| Kotokuji Amida Triad | 129 |
| Tokyo National Museum Amida Triad | 132 |
| Images of the 1260s | 134 |
| Engakuji Amida Triad | 137 |
| Ankokuji Amida Triad | 143 |
| A Group of Undated Images | 146 |
| Monuments of the Later Kamakura Period | 149 |
| Conclusion | 153 |
| Ch. 7 | The Later History of Zenkoji and Its Icon | 155 |
| Shinano and Zenkoji in the Muromachi Period | 155 |
| The Kawanakajima Battles and the Establishment of Kofu Zenkoji | 160 |
| The Zenkoji Amida Triad and Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 163 |
| Zenkoji in the Edo Period | 167 |
| Ch. 8 | Conclusion | 179 |
| The Icon at Zenkoji | 179 |
| The Myth, (The Engi) | 184 |
| Relationship of Icon and Myth | 185 |
| The Priesthood | 186 |
| Ritual | 188 |
| The Worshiper | 189 |
| Nature of the Zenkoji Cult | 192 |
| A Note on Chronology | 195 |
| Names With Japanese Equivalents | 197 |
| Zenkoji Icons Dated to the Kamakura Period | 211 |
| Notes | 213 |
| Glossary | 245 |
| Bibliography | 247 |
| Index | 261 |
| Illustrations | 269 | Return to Book Description
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