Seeking Śākyamuni : South Asia in the formation of modern Japanese Buddhism / Richard M. Jaffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffe, Richard M., 1954- author.

Series:

Buddhism and modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Japan--History--1868-1945.

Buddhism.

Relations.

Japanese--Travel.

History.

Japanese.

Buddhists.

Travel.

Japan.

Buddhists--Travel--South Asia--History--19th century.

Buddhists--Travel--South Asia--History--20th century.

Japanese--Travel--South Asia--History--19th century.

Japanese--Travel--South Asia--History--20th century.

Japan--Relations--South Asia.

South Asia--Relations--Japan.

South Asia.

International relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction: locating Tenjiku

South Asian encounters: Kitabatake Dōryō, Shaku Kōzen, Shaku Sōen, and the first generation of Japanese Buddhists in South Asia

Kawaguchi Ekai, globalization, and the promotion of lay Buddhism in Japan

Following the cotton road: Japanese corporate pilgrimage to India, 1926-1927

Buddhist material culture, "Indianism," and the construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in twentieth-century Japan

Global waves on Ōmura bay: the English translation of the Gedatsu dōron (the path of freedom)

Deploying South Asian Buddhism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226391144

0226391140

9780226391151

0226391159

OCLC:

1051654923