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Book Synopsis Ancient Buddhism in Japan by : Marinus Willem De Visser
Download or read book Ancient Buddhism in Japan written by Marinus Willem De Visser and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1935 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Japanese Buddhism by : Kenji Matsuo
Download or read book A History of Japanese Buddhism written by Kenji Matsuo and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First study in English on Japanese Buddhism by a distinguished scholar in the field of Religious Studies will be widely welcomed.The main focus is on the tradition of the monk (o-bo-san) as the main agent of Buddhism, together with the historical processes by which monks have developed Japanese Buddhism as it appears in the present day.
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism by : William E. Deal
Download or read book A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism written by William E. Deal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan from the sixth century to the present day. Traces each period of Japanese history to reveal the complex and often controversial histories of Japanese Buddhists and their unfolding narratives Examines relevant social, political, and transcultural contexts, and places an emphasis on Japanese Buddhist discourses and material culture Addresses the increasing competition between Buddhist, Shinto, and Neo-Confucian world-views through to the mid-nineteenth century Informed by the most recent research, including the latest Japanese and Western scholarship Illustrates the richness and complexity of Japanese Buddhism as a lived religion, offering readers a glimpse into the development of this complex and often misunderstood tradition
Book Synopsis Ancient Buddhism in Japan by : Marinus Willem de Visser
Download or read book Ancient Buddhism in Japan written by Marinus Willem de Visser and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Four Great Temples by : Donald F. McCallum
Download or read book The Four Great Temples written by Donald F. McCallum and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his detailed analysis of the four temples, McCallum considers historiographical issues, settings and layouts, foundations, tiles, relics, and icons and allows readers to follow their chronological evolutions.
Book Synopsis Japanese Buddhism by : Yoshiro Tamura
Download or read book Japanese Buddhism written by Yoshiro Tamura and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism was founded in India more than two thousand years ago, but the Japanese molded it to suit their culture, and it became one of the most enduring and far-reaching cultural and intellectual forces in Japan's history. The stamp of Japanese Buddhism is unmistakable in the nation's poetry, literature, and art; and the imprint of Japan's indigenous culture is clear from the amalgamation of pre-Buddhist worship and esoteric Buddhism in the practice of the Shugendo ascetics. Japan's Buddhism and the nation's cultural infrastructure are so inextricably linked that it is impossible to understand one without the other. Japanese Buddhism is both a history of Japanese Buddhism and an introduction to Japan's political, social, and cultural history. It examines Japanese Buddhism in the context of literary and intellectual trends and of other religions, exploring social and intellectual questions that an ordinary history of religion would not address.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Buddhism by : Damien Keown
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Buddhism written by Damien Keown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflects the current state of scholarship in Buddhist Studies, its entries being written by specialists in many areas, presenting an accurate overview of Buddhist history, thought and practices, most entries having cross-referencing to others and bibliographical references. Contain around 1000 pages and 500,000 words, totalling around 1200 entries.
Book Synopsis Ancient Buddhism in Japan by : Marinus Willem de Visser
Download or read book Ancient Buddhism in Japan written by Marinus Willem de Visser and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Religions of Japan by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book The Religions of Japan written by William Elliot Griffis and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1895 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Religions of Japan by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book The Religions of Japan written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Religious History of Japan by : Masaharu Anesaki
Download or read book Religious History of Japan written by Masaharu Anesaki and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ancient Buddhism in Japan by : Marinus Willem de Visser
Download or read book Ancient Buddhism in Japan written by Marinus Willem de Visser and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Storied Sage by : Micah L. Auerback
Download or read book A Storied Sage written by Micah L. Auerback and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Auerback has produced an entirely original history of Japanese Buddhism . . . a major contribution to the field. This book is exemplary.” —D. Max Moerman, author of The Japanese Buddhist World Map Since its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of ancient Indian descent who abandoned his wealth and power to become an awakened being, has repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, emerging each time in a different form and to different ends. A Storied Sage traces this transformation of concepts of the Buddha, from Japan’s ancient period in the eighth century to the end of the Meiji period in the early twentieth century. Micah L. Auerback follows the changing fortune of the Buddha through the novel uses for the Buddha’s story in high and low culture alike, often outside of the confines of the Buddhist establishment. Auerback argues for the Buddha’s continuing relevance during Japan’s early modern period and links the later Buddhist tradition in Japan to its roots on the Asian continent. Additionally, he examines the afterlife of the Buddha in hagiographic literature, demonstrating that the late Japanese Buddha, far from fading into a ghost of his former self, instead underwent an important reincarnation. Challenging many established assumptions about Buddhism and its evolution in Japan, A Storied Sage is a vital contribution to the larger discussion of religion and secularization in modernity. “The point where this study blossoms with voluminous detail is when developments in historiography made biographies of the Buddha controversial in the early modern era . . . Auerback’s coverage of these debates is exceedingly thorough.” —Journal of Japanese Studies
Book Synopsis Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan by : Edward R. Drott
Download or read book Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan written by Edward R. Drott and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long remarked on the frequency with which Japanese myths portrayed gods (kami) as old men or okina. Many of these “sacred elders” came to be featured in premodern theater, most prominently in Noh. In the closing decades of the twentieth-century, as the number of Japan’s senior citizens climbed steadily, the sacred elder of premodern myth became a subject of renewed interest and was seen by some as evidence that the elderly in Japan had once been accorded a level of respect unknown in recent times. In Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan, Edward Drott charts the shifting sets of meanings ascribed to old age in medieval Japan, tracing the processes by which the aged body was transformed into a symbol of otherworldly power and the cultural, political, and religious circumstances that inspired its reimagination. Drott examines how the aged body was used to conceptualize forms of difference and to convey religious meanings in a variety of texts: official chronicles, literary works, Buddhist legends and didactic tales. In early Japan, old age was most commonly seen as a mark of negative distinction, one that represented the ugliness, barrenness, and pollution against which the imperial court sought to define itself. From the late-Heian period, however, certain Buddhist authors seized upon the aged body as a symbolic medium though which to challenge traditional dichotomies between center and margin, high and low, and purity and defilement, crafting narratives that associated aged saints and avatars with the cults, lineages, sacred sites, or religious practices these authors sought to promote. Contributing to a burgeoning literature on religion and the body, Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan applies approaches developed in gender studies to “denaturalize” old age as a matter of representation, identity, and performance. By tracking the ideological uses of old age in premodern Japan, this work breaks new ground, revealing the role of religion in the construction of generational categories and the ways in which religious ideas and practices can serve not only to naturalize, but also challenge “common sense” about the body.
Book Synopsis Religion in Japan by : George A. Cobbold
Download or read book Religion in Japan written by George A. Cobbold and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Religion in Japan" is a treatise on the different religions practiced in the island nation of Japan. It covers the main religions of Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity, giving an extensive background of the introduction and spread of each of them. The novel is the work of Oxford University Professor George A. Cobbold, who made a visit to Japan in the late 19th century. He states his reason for the book, "Equally natural is it that, in these days of so great fashion and facility for travelling, increasing numbers of English people should avail themselves of the opportunity of exploring a country so entirely unique, and so rich in its attractions of nature and of art. These circumstances have combined to call into existence a large number of books on Japan, from which any, who are unable to visit it in person, may obtain as good an idea as is possible by reading of the country, its people, and its customs. Indeed it is by no means easy for any writer now to fasten upon an aspect of the subject, in which he does not find himself forestalled. That, however, on which, so far as I understand, least has been written, is precisely that towards which my own main attention was directed from the time of my leaving England, and throughout the period of my visit to the country,—namely, the religious aspect."
Book Synopsis Japanese Buddhism by : Charles Eliot
Download or read book Japanese Buddhism written by Charles Eliot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Sir Charles Eliot (1862-1931) one of the great scholars of Eastern religion and philosophy, this book provides an in depth account of the history of Buddhism in Japan.
Book Synopsis Zen Buddhism: Japan by : Heinrich Dumoulin
Download or read book Zen Buddhism: Japan written by Heinrich Dumoulin and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume of his classic history, one of the world's foremost Zen scholars turns his attention to the development of Zen in Japan.