History of Japanese religion : with special reference to the social and moral life of the nation / by Masaharu Anesaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anesaki, Masaharu, 1873-1949.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Religion.

Japan.

Japan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

1st Tuttle ed.

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Co., 1963.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The original draft of the present book was an outcome of the author's lectures at Harvard University during the years 1913-15, when he had the honour of occupying there the chair of Japanese Literature and Life. In response to the encouragement given by several friends at Harvard, the author tried to put the material of the lectures into book form and redrafted it from time to time.""The history of Japanese religions and morals shows... the interaction of various forces which manifested their vitality more in combination than in opposition. A saying ascribed to Prince Shotoku, the

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; INTRODUCTORY: The People and the Phases of Their Civilization; General Remarks on the Japanese People; Religions in Japan; Epochs of Religious History; BOOK I The Shinto Religion and the Communal System: Early Stages and Survival; General Features of Shinto; Shinto Mythology; The Primordial Chaos and the Growth of Life; The Two Rulers of the World; Religion and Social Life; National Cult and Communal Life; Tribal Ethics, Authority of the Community; Idea of the Soul; Cult and Priesthood

BOOK II Introduction of Buddhism and Its Establishment (About 600-800)Spread of Buddhism and Its Arrival in Japan; The Prince-Regent Shotoku: His Ideals and Work; Buddhist Inspiration and Its Manifestations; The Ideal of Universal Salvation and the Deed of Dedication; The Teaching of Karma and its Effects; Buddhist Art and Resume; Reforms and Progress; The"" Great Innovation"" and Buddhist Work; Further Reforms and the Institutes of Taih; The Period of Nara and the Glories of the Tempyo Era; Nara, the First Permanent Capital, and the Era of Tempyo; Buddhist Works and Buddhist Learning

The Culminating Phases of the Culture of NaraBOOK III The Period of Heian: An Age of Peace and Ease (About 800-1200); The New Departure and General Features; Saicho and His Work; Saicho's New Scheme; Philosophy and Religion of the Tendai School; Moral Life and the Mystery of Initiation; Shingon Buddhism and Kukai's Work; Kukai, His Spiritual Struggle and Career; Shingon Buddhism, a Mystic Ritualism; Kukui's Work and His Theory of Spiritual Development; Religion and Social Life; Two Centuries of Aristocratic Oligarchy; The ""Double Aspect"" Shinto and a Dualism of Life Motives

The Fujiwara Oligarchy in Control of Confucian Factions and Buddhist HierarchyGradual Rise of Buddhist Pietism; Arts and Literature of the Fujiwara Period; The End of Peace and Splendour; BOOK IV The Age of Feudal Strife and Religious Struggle (About 1200-1600); General Features of the Kamakura Period (1186-1333); Amita-Buddhism or Jodo Pietism; The "" Easy Method"" of Salvation and Homen, its promulgator; Homen's Disciples and other Pietists; Art and Literature of the Early Kamakura Period; Nichiren and His Prophetic Religion; Nichiren, His Struggle and Life of Combat

Climax of Nichiren's Life and His RetirementZen Buddhism; Introduction of Zen, its Aim and Method; The Aim and Inspiration of Zen Meditation; Social Disintegration After the Fourteenth Century; An Age of Melancholy; The Dynastic Division and Its Moral Lessons; Art Movements in the Ashikaga Period; Religious Strife; The Militant Religions and Sectarian Strife; The Work of Zen, Monks and the Idea of Equality; Shinto, its Revival and Theorists; Kirishitan Missions: Japan's First Contact with Europe and Christianity; Beginning and Progress of the Missionary Work

An Intermediate Stage in the Fate of Kirishitan Propaganda

Notes:

"Principal works by the same author": p. xxi-xxii.

Second printing, 1964.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4629-0978-7

OCLC:

823388862