A history of Japanese Buddhism / Kenji Matsuo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matsuo, Kenji.

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders--Japan--History.

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.

Buddhism--Japan--History.

Buddhism.

Buddhist monks--Japan.

Buddhist monks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first major study in English on Japanese Buddhism by one of Japan’s most distinguished scholars in the field of Religious Studies is to be widely welcomed.The main focus of the work 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / K. Matsuo

Introduction / K. Matsuo

1. Characteristics Of Japanese Buddhism / K. Matsuo

2. Ancient Buddhism Official Monks / K. Matsuo

3. Official And Reclusive Monks / K. Matsuo

4. Medieval Japanese Towns And The Rise Of Kamakura New Buddhism / K. Matsuo

5. Fieldwork In Kamakura / K. Matsuo

6. Black And White / K. Matsuo

7. The Era Of Religious Fund-Raising / K. Matsuo

8. The Salvation Of Outcasts / K. Matsuo

9. The Salvation Of Women / K. Matsuo

10. The Logic Of Funerals / K. Matsuo

11. The New Thinking Of Kamakura New Buddhism / K. Matsuo

12. The Rise Of Medieval Towns / K. Matsuo

13. Buddhism In The Muromachi Era / K. Matsuo

14. Buddhists In The Edo Era / K. Matsuo

15. Moral Times And Japanese Buddhism / K. Matsuo

16. The Shikoku Pilgrimage / K. Matsuo

Afterword / K. Matsuo

Bibliography / K. Matsuo

Index / K. Matsuo

Plates / K. Matsuo.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-37174-2

9786611371746

90-04-21331-7

OCLC:

753480433

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246410.i-280 DOI