Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture / by Eisabetta Porcu.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Porcu, Elisabetta

Series:

Studies in the history of religions ; 121.

Studies in the history of religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pure Land Buddhism.

Japan--Civilization--Pure Land influences.

Japan.

Civilization.

Japan--Civilization--1868-.

Pure Land Buddhism--Japan.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Summary:

Despite being one of the most influential forms of Japanese Buddhism, the Pure Land tradition, and notably its impact on the development of Japanese cultural history, has often been overlooked outside Japan. Taking into account recent scholarship on orientalism and occidentalism, this book, written from the perspective of the Study of Religions, provides an analysis of the impact that the Pure Land tradition, in particular Shin Buddhism, has exerted on mainstream forms of artistic expression (especially creative arts, literature and the tea ceremony) in modern and contemporary Japan.

Contents:

Creating images of Japanese Buddhism and culture

Jōdo Shinshū and literature

Pure Land Buddhism and creative arts

Pure Land Buddhism and the tea ceremony.

Notes:

Revised dissertation (doctoral)--University of Marburg.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-258) and index.

ISBN:

9789004164710

9004164715

OCLC:

228369909