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Shōtoku-Taishi and Odors ―Special Focus on the Lingering Scents in Shōtoku-Taishi Denryaku―
2009
The Journal of Next-Generation Humanities and Social Sciences
It has been often stated that incense and Buddhism were simultaneously introduced in Japan. Therefore, Buddhism and odors are inseparable. Shōtoku-Taishi has been considered as the father of the prosperity of Buddhism in Japan, and Japanese people have worshiped him as a Buddhism saint (Bodhisattva). In view of these facts, it is inevitable that Shōtoku-Taishi has been linked with odors for a long time. I concretely examine the manner in which the image of Shōtoku-Taishi had been linked with
doi:10.22538/jnghss.2009..5.85
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