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X-WR-CALNAME:Akiko Walley - Out of Sight\, Out of Mind: Pacification\, Offe
 ring\, and Burial in Early Japanese Buddhism
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DESCRIPTION:In 1907\, three sets of eighth-century objects were discovered 
 from underneath the bronze pedestal of the seated Vairocana Buddha in the 
 Great Buddha Hall\, Tōdaiji\, Nara prefecture. The objects were initially
  identified as examples of “platform pacifying objects” (chindangu)\, 
 but their actual function has been debated since the 1970s. Tōdaiji was c
 onceived of as the main temple for the nascent Chinese-style centralized g
 overnment\, and its construction was an undertaking of unprecedented scale
 . The central Vairocana Buddha\, completed around 752 CE\, was the largest
  and most technically advanced statue ever to be built on the Japanese arc
 hipelago. The fact that the Tōdaiji objects were found beneath the pedest
 al\, placed strategically around the statue\, suggests that they were more
  intimately tied to the central Buddha than typical platform-pacifying obj
 ects. This presentation reconsiders these Tōdaiji objects within two dist
 inct praxes: the preceding and contemporaneous practice of ritual burial\;
  and the emerging practice of caching objects inside a statue (zōnai nōn
 yūhin 像内納入品). It is well known that in the latter practice\, th
 e space inside a Buddhist statue would be conceptualized as a place to dep
 osit offerings\; this presentation will demonstrate that that space beneat
 h the surface (in this case\, inside a platform) similarly served as a typ
 e of portal that allowed a devotee to access the realm of the divine throu
 gh the mediation of buried offerings.   \n\nAkiko Walley \nAkiko Walley sp
 ecializes in Japanese Buddhist art of the seventh and eighth centuries. Fo
 cusing on the incipient period of the religion\, her research aims to more
  precisely articulate the process in which a foreign idea or belief system
  takes root in a community. Walley teaches a wide range of courses on Japa
 nese art from prehistoric to contemporary times at the University of Orego
 n. \n\nFlyer | RSVP
GEO:34.020197;-118.283725
LOCATION:Doheny Memorial Library (DML)\, East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
SUMMARY:Akiko Walley - Out of Sight\, Out of Mind: Pacification\, Offering\
 , and Burial in Early Japanese Buddhism
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/akiko_walley_out_of_sight_out_
 of_mind_pacification_offering_and_burial_in_early_japanese_buddhism
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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