Ryōgen and Mount Hiei

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Contents

• • List of Tables and Figuresix
  • Prefacexi
  • Abbreviationsxv
• 1. Ryōgen's Place in the History of the Tendai School1
• 2. The Early History of Factionalism within the Tendai School: From Saicho
      through the Mid-tenth Century15
• 3. Ryōgen's Early Years45
• 4. Ryōgen's Rise to Prominence56
• 5. Ryōgen and the Fujiwaras: Patronage and Esoteric Buddhist Ritual71
• 6. The Owa Debates94
• 7. Ryōgen's Appointments as Head of the Tendai School and to the Office of
      Monastic Affairs118
• 8. The Significance of Ryōgen's Revival of the Examination System128
• 9. Rebuilding the Tendai Establishment on Mount Hiei167
• 10. Ryōgen as Zasu: Financing the Spread of Tendai Influence190
• 11. Factionalism and Ryōgen's Efforts to Control the Order218
• 12. Ryōgen and the Role of Nuns in Ninth- and Tenth-century Japan245
• 13. Epilogue: Ryōgen's Posthumous Career289
• Appendix 1. Ennin and Yokawa305
• Appendix 2. A Note on Morosuke's Interests311
• Appendix 3. Dying Instructions of the Great Archbishop Jie313
• Appendix 4. Takamitsu’s Retreat to Tonomine 327
• Appendix 5. A Record of the Owa Debates331
• Appendix 6. Ten Doubts concerning the Hosso School337
• Appendix 7. Zoga as an Eccentric341
• Appendix 8. Invocation of Tendai Abbot Ryogen345
  • Notes367
  • Glossary463
  • Bibliography491
  • Index511