Andrew Macomber
Biographic Data
| ID | 1225019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Macomber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Macomber |
| SIGNATURE | MACOMBER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oberlin College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Disease, Defilement, and the Dead: Buddhist Medicine and the Emergence of Corpse-Vector Disease
Although scholars have long taken for granted the notion that disease constituted a form of defilement in ancient and medieval Japan, to date this has only been shown to be true for a single case—leprosy. In this article, I propose that corpse-vector disease—a contagious and deadly affliction that first became known to aristocrats and Buddhist monks in the late Heian period—constituted another case of disease tied to defilement. Examining diary e…
Milking the Bodhi Tree: Mulberry for Disease Demons in Yōsai's Record of Nourishing Life by Drinking Tea (Kissa yōjōki)
In light of new discoveries of his writings, recent studies on the medieval Japanese monk Yōsai (or Eisai; 1141-1215) have moved away from longstanding preoccupations with his role in establishing Zen in Japan and instead stress his career-long orientation as an esoteric Buddhist monk of the Tendai school. Although these revisions have led to innovative readings of his promotion of tea in the first fascicle of his Record of Nourishing Life by Dri…
Buddhism and Medicine in Japan: A Topical Survey (500–1600 CE) of a Complex Relationship, written by Katja Triplett
Buddhist Healing in Medieval China and Japan
From its inception in northeastern India in the first millennium BCE, the Buddhist tradition has advocated a range of ideas and practices that were said to ensure health and well-being. As the religion developed and spread to other parts of Asia, healing deities were added to its pantheon, monastic institutions became centers of medical learning, and healer-monks gained renown for their mastery of ritual and medicinal therapeutics. In China, impo…
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Buddhist Healing in Medieval China and Japan
From its inception in northeastern India in the first millennium BCE, the Buddhist tradition has advocated a range of ideas and practices that were said to ensure health and well-being. As the religion developed and spread to other parts of Asia, healing deities were added to its pantheon, monastic institutions became centers of medical learning, and healer-monks gained renown for their mastery of ritual and medicinal therapeutics. In China, impo…
Buddhism and Medicine in Japan: A Topical Survey (500–1600 CE) of a Complex Relationship, written by Katja Triplett
Milking the Bodhi Tree: Mulberry for Disease Demons in Yōsai's Record of Nourishing Life by Drinking Tea (Kissa yōjōki)
In light of new discoveries of his writings, recent studies on the medieval Japanese monk Yōsai (or Eisai; 1141-1215) have moved away from longstanding preoccupations with his role in establishing Zen in Japan and instead stress his career-long orientation as an esoteric Buddhist monk of the Tendai school. Although these revisions have led to innovative readings of his promotion of tea in the first fascicle of his Record of Nourishing Life by Dri…
Disease, Defilement, and the Dead: Buddhist Medicine and the Emergence of Corpse-Vector Disease
Although scholars have long taken for granted the notion that disease constituted a form of defilement in ancient and medieval Japan, to date this has only been shown to be true for a single case—leprosy. In this article, I propose that corpse-vector disease—a contagious and deadly affliction that first became known to aristocrats and Buddhist monks in the late Heian period—constituted another case of disease tied to defilement. Examining diary e…
Buddhism (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · China (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works) · Traditional medicine (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)