The compassionate saviour and lethal temptresses: Kannon and Femme Fatales in setsuwa literature during the Heian period
Kannon, also known as Avalokiteśvara or Kuan-yin, is the bodhisattva of compassion who remains a popular focus of Buddhist veneration in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Appearing more often than any other deities in medieval Japanese texts, tales of Kannon featured prominently in premodern Japanes...
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Nanyang Technological University
2022
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