Five Mountains : The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan / Martin Collcutt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collcutt, Martin, author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 85.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 85

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)--Japan.

Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism).

Zen monasticism and religious orders--Japan.

Zen monasticism and religious orders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 399 p. )

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1981.

Other Title:

The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides an in-depth history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan. Contents include chapters on Japanese zen pioneers and their patrons; Chinese émigré monks and Japanese warrior rullers; the gozan system; Zen monastic life and rules; the monastery and its subtemples; and the Zen monastic economy. Includes a foreword by Edwin Reischauer.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Japanese Zen Pioneers and their Patrons

Chinese Émigré Monks and Japanese Warrior-Rulers

The Articulation of the Gozan System

The Zen Monastic Life and Rule

The Monastery and Its Sub-Temples

The Community

The Zen Monastic Economy

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-359) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781684172177

1684172179

OCLC:

62206954

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172177 DOI