dc.contributor.author | Stiller, Maya | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-23T14:56:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-23T14:56:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-10-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stiller, M. Precious Items Piling up Like Mountains: Buddhist Art Production via Fundraising Campaigns in Late Koryŏ Korea (918–1392). Religions 2021, 12, 885. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100885 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32669 | |
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dc.description.abstract | Considering visual culture alongside written source material, this article uncovers the socioeconomic aspect of Korean Buddhist monastic life, which has been a marginalized field of research. Arguing against the idea of an “other-worldly” Buddhism, the article specifically discusses the ways in which Buddhist monasteries conducted fundraising activities in late Koryŏ period (918–1392 CE) Korea. Via fundraising strategies, which targeted wealthy aristocrats as well as the commoner population, Buddhist monks managed the production and maintenance of Buddhist material culture, such as the construction of shrines, the casting of precious sculptures, and the carving of thousands of woodblocks used for the printing of sacred Buddhist scriptures. While the scholarship on Koryŏ Buddhism has traditionally focused on meditation, doctrine, state sponsored rituals, and temples’ relationships with the royal court, this study expands the field by showing that economic activities were salient features of Koryŏ Buddhism “on the ground.” By initiating and overseeing fundraising activities, Buddhist manager-monks not only gained merit, but also maintained the presence and physical appearance of Buddhist temples, which constitute the framework of Buddhist ritual and practice. | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Buddhism | en_US |
dc.subject | Koryo period (918–1392) | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic history | en_US |
dc.subject | Fundraising | en_US |
dc.subject | Medicine Buddha | en_US |
dc.subject | Koryŏ Tripiṭaka | en_US |
dc.subject | Woodblock prints | en_US |
dc.subject | Dedication materials (pokchangmul) | en_US |
dc.title | Precious Items Piling up Like Mountains: Buddhist Art Production via Fundraising Campaigns in Late Koryŏ Korea (918–1392) | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Stiller, Maya | |
kusw.kudepartment | Art History | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/rel12100885 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |