PROF Lucia Dolce's Outputs (5)

A (Presumably Chinese) tantric scripture and its Japanese exegesis: the Yuqi Jing 瑜祇經 and the practices of the Yogin (2022)
Journal Article
Dolce, L. A (Presumably Chinese) tantric scripture and its Japanese exegesis: the Yuqi Jing 瑜祇經 and the practices of the Yogin. Studies in Chinese Religions, 8(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2021.2015139

The Yuqi jing [Sūtra of the Yogin] is often listed as one of the most important scriptures of Tantric Buddhism in East Asia, but its content and contribution to the esoteric system have so far been little understood. Traditionally regarded as a trans... Read More about A (Presumably Chinese) tantric scripture and its Japanese exegesis: the Yuqi Jing 瑜祇經 and the practices of the Yogin.

Saints, Sects, and (Holy) Sites: The Jesuit Mapping of Japanese Buddhism (Sixteenth Century) (2022)
Book Chapter
Dolce, L., D'Ortia, L. Z., & Pinto, A. F. (2022). Saints, Sects, and (Holy) Sites: The Jesuit Mapping of Japanese Buddhism (Sixteenth Century). In A. Curvelo, & A. Cattaneo (Eds.), Interactions Between Rivals: The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549-c.1647) (67-107). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b18727

Gazing into the Abyss: Representations of The Apāya in Thai Cosmological Parks (2022)
Thesis
Wang, R. Gazing into the Abyss: Representations of The Apāya in Thai Cosmological Parks. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Cosmological parks, utayan sawan narok, are a curious phenomenon that is widely visible in the Thai Buddhist landscape. These parks create a space in which different cosmic realms, literary scenes, historical figures and events, and anecdotes from th... Read More about Gazing into the Abyss: Representations of The Apāya in Thai Cosmological Parks.

The Yōtenki: kami identities in medieval Sannō shintō (2022)
Thesis
Sala, E. The Yōtenki: kami identities in medieval Sannō shintō. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

My thesis focuses on Medieval Japan, in particular on the cult of the deities of the Hie shrines, near Kyōtō. This is known as Sannō shintō, and the deities themselves as Sannō (mountain sovereigns). Informed by Tendai Buddhism and linked to the main... Read More about The Yōtenki: kami identities in medieval Sannō shintō.

The Abhiṣeka of the Yogin: Bodily Practices and the Interiorization of Ritual in Medieval Japan (2022)
Book Chapter
Dolce, L. (2022). The Abhiṣeka of the Yogin: Bodily Practices and the Interiorization of Ritual in Medieval Japan. In F. Rambelli, & O. Porath (Eds.), Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts (275-320). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110720211-012