Boundary Stones as Ritual Evidence
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Boundary Stones as Ritual Evidence
Section titled “Layer 1: Boundary Stones as Ritual Evidence”Source file:
15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md
Japanese: 結界石 kekkai-ishi
Entry type: MATERIAL CULTURE OF TABOO
To reconstruct a taboo boundary, gather:
- inscription;
- date;
- original position;
- moved/current position;
- associated uba-ishi or shibari-ishi;
- route relationship;
- local oral tradition.
Visual rule
Section titled “Visual rule”Photographs of boundary stones are primary spatial evidence, not decorative illustrations.
v2.3 RESEARCH LIMIT NOTE
Section titled “v2.3 RESEARCH LIMIT NOTE”This sweep shows that ordinary web-accessible institutional and scholarly sources remain productive, but several next-stage goals now require direct engagement with:
- critical editions of Xiang’er precept lists;
- complete Chuzhen jie / Longmen ordination manuals;
- Engishiki/Jingiryō legal purity clauses;
- Ise shrine ritual codes in Japanese;
- individual Shugendō mountain manuals;
- temple archives for current transmission details.
Those are not conceptual dead ends; they mark the shift from encyclopedic web research into primary-text philology and lineage-specific archival work.