Imperial Death as Pollution
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Imperial Death as Pollution
Section titled “Layer 1: Imperial Death as Pollution”Source file:
16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md
Research on late-medieval/early-modern imperial death documents the use of shimenawa to protect the Naishidokoro/sacred mirror space from death pollution.
Significance
Section titled “Significance”Even the emperor’s physical death could be categorized as shokue. Sacred kingship did not simply erase corpse pollution.
SOURCE-ACCESS MAP CREATED BY THIS SWEEP
Section titled “SOURCE-ACCESS MAP CREATED BY THIS SWEEP”Tier A — full/near-full primary text online
Section titled “Tier A — full/near-full primary text online”- Taishang Laojun Jiejing;
- Chuzhen jie transcription;
- CBETA/Taishō esoteric ritual texts;
- Reikiki manuscript images in several institutional collections.
Tier B — full scholarly ritual studies online
Section titled “Tier B — full scholarly ritual studies online”- Kōyasan women-exclusion source series;
- E’in Shugendō ritual studies;
- mine-iri goma study;
- Indian esoteric homa research;
- Atiśa ritual-text series;
- Japanese pollution studies.
Tier C — living temple outer descriptions
Section titled “Tier C — living temple outer descriptions”- Shōten yokuyuku;
- Shōten offerings;
- public/private attendance rules.
Tier D — bibliography located but full text still to retrieve
Section titled “Tier D — bibliography located but full text still to retrieve”- complete Nüqing Guilü critical text;
- full Xiang’er critical precept edition;
- individual Shugendō mine-entry manuals;
- priestly transmission documents;
- unpublished/closed temple archives.
This means the research ceiling has moved substantially downward: many things previously marked “requires primary text” are now directly retrievable through Japanese/Chinese databases.