Footprints of the Buddha

Alexander Vovin, Ph.D. (1987), Saint Petersburg State University, is currently Directeur d'études at EHESS/CRLAO, Paris. He has published extensively on East and Inner Asia historical linguistics and philology. Among his major, most recent works are A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese, vol. 1-2 (Global Oriental 2005, 2009, second edition Brill 2020), and a multivolume edition and translation of the Man’yōshū, the first and the largest Japanese poetical anthology (Global Oriental/Brill, 2009–).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Charts and IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Hōssō Sect of the Japanese Buddhism2 Bussokuseki and Bussoku seki-no uta3 Inscriptions on the Footprints Stone4 Stele Inscription5 Previous Research6 Poetic Form1 Translation of Chinese Inscriptions and Commentary2 Translation, Glossing, and Morphemic Analysis of Old Japanese PoemsA Commentary to the Old Japanese Poems3 The Description of the Language of the Poems1 Graphemics and Phonology2 Grammar3 Vocabulary4 List of Grammatical MorphemesAppendix: Photographs of the InscriptionsBibliography