The Way to the Mugen-no : Dreams in the Buddhist Scripture, Fables and Illustrated Scrolls(<Special Issue>The Middle Ages in Dream)

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  • 「夢幻能」への道 : 経文・説話・絵伝における「夢」(<特集><夢想>・中世)
  • 「夢幻能」への道--経文・説話・絵伝における「夢」
  • ムゲンノウ エ ノ ミチ キョウモン セツワ エデン ニ オケル ユメ

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Abstract

The Mugen-no, a form of the Noh play, is performed in the dream framework. Usually a story goes in a dream of a monk, and it is fantastically presented so that the audience may be aware that all things happen in his dream. Here I will examine the function of dreams in the Mugen-no in relation to Buddhism. In the Buddhist Scripture and fables, dreaming of Buddha prefigures that one will enter Nirvana. And in illustrated scrolls, which visually convey religious ideas, there are not a few pictures depicting a dreamer and his dream. The point is to make clear how those written or drawn dreams are structurally related to that performed on the stage.

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