Religions of Japan in practice / George J. Tanabe, Jr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tanabe, George J., Jr., 1943-

Series:

Princeton readings in religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Religion.

Japan.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xviii, 564 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Adopting a fresh approach to sourcebooks on the religions of the world, Princeton Readings in Religions moves away from an emphasis on philosophy and the religious expressions of elite groups to represent instead a wide range of current and historical religious practices. The series will provide a new configuration of texts by making available for the first time works that have never been translated before including ritual texts, hagiographical and autobiographical works, folktales, and ethnographic material. Although the books are designed for students, specialists will discover in them a wealth of unfamiliar and valuable material. Furthermore, the selections, appealing in themselves, are placed in an understandable context to attract a wide audience of general readers.

The contributors include experts from around the world, each of whom provides a substantial introduction for his or her piece, placing the text in time and genre, discussing the history and influence of the work, and identifying points of particular difficulty or interest. Each volume also contains a substantial general introduction in which the history of the traditions is outlined and the significance of each work is explored.

Contents:

Ethical Practices

Social Values

1. Selected Anecdotes to Illustrate Ten Maxims / Ward Geddes 25

2. Kaibara Ekken's Precepts on the Family / Mary Evelyn Tucker 38

3. The Shingaku of Nakazawa Doni / Janine Anderson Sawada 53

Clerical Precepts

4. Eisai's Promotion of Zen for the Protection of the Country / Albert Welter 63

5. Shingon's Jiun Sonja and His "Vinaya of the True Dharma" Movement / Paul B. Watt 71

6. A Refutation of Clerical Marriage / Richard Jaffe 78

Lay Precepts

7. Eison and the Shingon Vinaya Sect / Paul B. Watt 89

8. Kokan Shiren's Zen Precept Procedures / William M. Bodiford 98

Ritual Practices

Gods

9. Records of the Customs and Land of Izumo / Michiko Y. Aoki 113

10. Miraculous Tales of the Hasedera Kannon / Yoshiko K. Dykstra 117

11. Japanese Puppetry: From Ritual Performance to Stage Entertainment / Jane Marie Law 124

12. The Shinto Wedding Ceremony: A Modern Norito / Cherish Pratt 135

Spirts

13. Tama Belief and Practice in Ancient Japan / Gary L. Ebersole 141

14. Japan's First Shingon Ceremony / David L. Gardiner 153

15. Shingon Services for the Dead / Richard Karl Payne 159

16. Genshin's Deathbed Nembutsu Ritual in Pure Land Buddhism / James C. Dobbins 166

17. Women and Japanese Buddhism: Tales of Birth in the Pure Land / William E. Deal 176

18. Epic and Religious Propaganda from the Ippen School of Pure Land Buddhism / Sybil Thornton 185

19. Buddhism and Abortion: "The Way to Memorialize One's Mizuko" / William R. LaFleur 193

Rituals of Realization

20. The Contemplation of Suchness / Jacqueline I. Stone 199

21. The Purification Formula of the Nakatomi / Mark Teeuwen, Hendrik van der Veere 210

22. Dogen's Lancet of Seated Meditation / Carl Bielefeldt 220

23. Chido's Dreams of Buddhism / William M. Bodiford 235

24. A Japanese Shugendo Apocryphal Text / Paul Swanson 246

Faith

25. On Attaining the Settled Mind: The Condition of the Nembutsu Practitioner / Dennis Hirota 257

26. Plain Words on the Pure Land Way / Dennis Hirota 268

27. Shinran's Faith as Immediate Fulfillment in Pure Land Buddhism / James C. Dobbins 280

Institutional Practices

Court and Emperor

28. The Confucian Monarchy of Nara Japan / Charles Holcombe 293

29. The Founding of the Monastery Gangoji and a List of Its Treasures / Miwa Stevenson 299

30. Hagiography and History: The Image of Prince Shotoku / William E. Deal 316

31. Nationalistic Shinto: A Child's Guide to Yasukuni Shrine / Richard Gardner 334

Sectarian Founders, Wizards, and Heroes

32. En the Ascetic / Linda Klepinger Keenan 343

33. The Founding of Mount Koya and Kukai's Eternal Meditation / George J. Tanabe, Jr. 354

34. Legends, Miracles, and Faith in Kobo Daishi and the Shikoku Pilgrimage / Ian Reader 360

35. A Personal Account of the Life of the Venerable Genku / Allan A. Andrews 370

36. Priest Nisshin's Ordeals / Jacqueline I. Stone 384

37. Makuya: Prayer, Receiving the Holy Spirit, and Bible Study / H. Byron Earhart, Etsuko Mita 398

Orthopraxis and Orthodoxy

38. Muju Ichien's Shinto-Buddhist Syncretism / Robert E. Morrell 415

39. Contested Orthodoxies in Five Mountains Zen Buddhism / Joseph D. Parker 423

40. Motoori Norinaga on the Two Shrines at Ise / Mark Teeuwen 435

41. Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion: An Essay by Kuroda Toshio / James C. Dobbins, Suzanne Gay 451

42. Sasaki Shoten: Toward a Postmodern Shinshu Theology / Jan Van Bragt 468

43. Contemporary Zen Buddhist Tracts for the Laity: Grassroots Buddhism in Japan / Ian Reader 487

Special Places

44. Keizan's Dream History / William M. Bodiford 501

45. Tokeiji: Kamakura's "Divorce Temple" in Edo Popular Verse / Sachiko Kaneko, Robert E. Morrell 523.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691057885

0691057893

OCLC:

39930710