National Institute of Japanese LiteratureTokyo

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VOLUME 2: BORDERS 2019

Published by

National Institute of Japanese Literature

Tokyo

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Center for Collaborative Research on Pre-modern Texts, National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL)

National Institutes for the Humanities

10-3 Midori-chō, Tachikawa City, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan Telephone: 81-50-5533-2900

Fax: 81-42-526-8883 e-mail: [email protected] Website: https/ /www.nijl.ac.jp

Copyright 2019 by National Institute of Japanese Literature, all rights reserved.

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Chief Editor

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manishi

Yūichirō Professor Emeritus of the National Institute of Japanese

今西祐一郎

Literature; Representative Researcher

Editors

k

obayashi

Kenji Professor at the National Institute of Japanese Literature

小林　健二

S

^aitō

Maori Professor at the National Institute of Japanese Literature

齋藤真麻理

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Keisuke Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

海野　圭介

Literature

k

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Tomoko Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

恋田　知子

Literature

Didier d

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Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

ディディエ・ダヴァン

Literature

Kristopher r

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Associate Professor at Waseda University

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Jean-Noël r

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Professor at Collège de France

ジャン＝ノエル・ロベール

X. Jie y

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Professor at University of Calgary

楊　　暁捷

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himazaki

Satoko Associate Professor at University of Southern California

嶋崎　聡子

Michael W

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Professor at Meiji Gakuin University

マイケル・ワトソン

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Hiroshi Professor at International Research Center for Japanese

荒木　　浩

Studies

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Liminality Reimagined: Tales of Trespassers into Sacred Space and Tainted Sages

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Yasurō

Translated by Kristopher r

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1 Article

Illness as Depicted in the Illustrated Legends of Kokawa Temple

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Satomi

Translated by Jeffrey k

nott

29 Article

Between the Mountain and the City – Ikkyū Sōjun and the Blurred Border of Awakening

Didier d

avin

45 Article

Where Yōkai Enter and Exit the Human Body: From Medieval Picture Scrolls to Modern Folktales in Japan

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Manami

Translated by Kristopher r

eeves

61 Column

Birth of a Monster Story on the Borderlands: The “Big People”

(Chōjin) Legend in 8

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-Century Silla

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Sungsi

Translated by Jeffrey k

nott

73 Column

Sacred Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Shintō Rituals

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Takanori

Translated by Kristopher r

eeves

77

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Oracles and Offerings: The Vernacular Poetry that Binds Gods and Humans

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Tae

T ranslated by Kristopher r

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83 Borders Bibliography

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Tomoko

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National Institute of Japanese LiteratureTokyo

VOLUME 2: BORDERS 2019

Published by

National Institute of Japanese Literature

Tokyo

Center for Collaborative Research on Pre-modern Texts, National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL)

National Institutes for the Humanities

10-3 Midori-chō, Tachikawa City, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan Telephone: 81-50-5533-2900

Fax: 81-42-526-8883 e-mail: [email protected] Website: https/ /www.nijl.ac.jp

Copyright 2019 by National Institute of Japanese Literature, all rights reserved.

.,

E ditorial B oard

Chief Editor

i

Yūichirō Professor Emeritus of the National Institute of Japanese

Literature; Representative Researcher

Editors

k

Kenji Professor at the National Institute of Japanese Literature

S

Maori Professor at the National Institute of Japanese Literature

U

Keisuke Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

Literature

k

Tomoko Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

Literature

Didier d

Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese

Literature

Kristopher r

Associate Professor at Waseda University

a dvisory b oard

Jean-Noël r

Professor at Collège de France

X. Jie y

Professor at University of Calgary

s

Satoko Associate Professor at University of Southern California

Michael W

Professor at Meiji Gakuin University

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Hiroshi Professor at International Research Center for Japanese

Studies

c ontents

Article

Liminality Reimagined: Tales of Trespassers into Sacred Space and Tainted Sages

a

Yasurō

Translated by Kristopher r

1

Article

Illness as Depicted in the Illustrated Legends of Kokawa Temple

y

Satomi

Translated by Jeffrey k

29

Article

Between the Mountain and the City – Ikkyū Sōjun and the Blurred Border of Awakening

Didier d

45

Article

Where Yōkai Enter and Exit the Human Body: From Medieval Picture Scrolls to Modern Folktales in Japan

y

Manami

Translated by Kristopher r

61

Column

Birth of a Monster Story on the Borderlands: The “Big People”

(Chōjin) Legend in 8

-Century Silla

l

Sungsi

Translated by Jeffrey k

73

Column

Sacred Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Shintō Rituals

y

Takanori

Translated by Kristopher r

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