1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162718703321

Autore

Deal William E.

Titolo

A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism / / William E. Deal and Brian Ruppert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-60833-X

1-4051-6701-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Wiley Blackwell Guides to Buddhism ; ; 1

Classificazione

REL007000

Disciplina

294.30952

Soggetti

Buddhism - Japan - History

Buddhism and culture - Japan - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of the Book; Chapter 1: Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645); Chapter 2: Ancient Buddhism (645-950); Chapter 3: Early Medieval Buddhism (950-1300): The Dawn of Medieval Society and Related Changes in Japanese Buddhist Culture; Chapter 4: Late Medieval Buddhism (1300-1467): New Buddhisms, Buddhist Learning, Dissemination and the Fall into Chaos; Chapter 5: Buddhism and the Transition to the Modern Era (1467-1800); Chapter 6: Modern Buddhism (1800-1945); Chapter 7: Buddhism Since 1945

On Translation Conventions; References; Chapter 1 Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645); Buddhism's Transmission to Yamato: The Nihon shoki Narrative; Buddhism in the China Sea interaction sphere; Buddhist transmission routes: imperial narratives and private receptions; Conflicting dates for the transmission of Buddhism to the Japanese archipelago; Buddhism as an object and Buddhism as its objects; The ideology of official transmission narratives; Foreign gods vs. indigenous gods; Queen Suiko and Senior Prince Shōtoku; Asuka Buddhism (552-645)



Immigrants and the development of Asuka-period Buddhism Aristocratic family Buddhist patronage; Asuka-period Buddhist material culture and ritual practices; Asuka-period Buddhist images: The Shaka Triad; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Ancient Buddhism (645-950); Hakuhō Period Buddhism (645-710); Toward a state Buddhism; Establishment of state temples; State-sponsored Buddhist rituals; State control of the Buddhist monastic community; The problem of "state Buddhism" in the Hakuhō period; Nara-Period Buddhism (710-794); Buddhism in the permanent capital of a new nation

A national temple system The regulation of monks and nuns; Nara monasticism and the state; Expressions of an ancient Japanese Buddhist worldview; Early Heian Period Buddhism (794-950); New capital, new lineages; The problem of Heian new Buddhism; Early Heian Buddhist lineages: Tendai; Early Heian Buddhist lineages: Shingon; Women in Ancient Japanese Buddhism; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Early Medieval Buddhism (950-1300): The Dawn of Medieval Society and Related Changes in Japanese Buddhist Culture; Middle Heian- and Late Heian-Period Buddhism (950-1185)

Annual court ceremonies and envisioning a Buddhist ritual calendar The rising prominence of Tendai lineages and related shifts in Heian Buddhism; The advent of Pure Land Buddhist discourses and practices; Kami, Buddhas, and sacred space; Buddhist performance and the flowering of aesthetic traditions; Ritual knowledge, transmission, and the increasing prominence of esoteric Buddhist lineages; Japanese Buddhists within the East Asian cultural sphere; Scripture-copying, fund-raising campaigns, and the explosion of merit in the twelfth century; Early and Middle Kamakura-Period Buddhism (1185-1300)

Late Heian Buddhist knowledge, proselytization, and "Kamakura Buddhisms"

Sommario/riassunto

"Offers a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhistreligion in Japan -- from its emergence in the sixth centuryright through to the present day"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910251435003321

Titolo

Heat exchangers : design, experiment and simulation / / edited by S. M. Sohel Murshed, Manuel Matos Lopes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rijeka, Croatia : , : IntechOpen, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

953-51-4858-3

953-51-3094-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Disciplina

621.4025

Soggetti

Heat exchangers - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706205803321

Autore

Thompson Peter M.

Titolo

The effect of sliding speed on film thickness and pressure supporting ability of a point contact under zero entrainment velocity conditions / / Peter M. Thompson [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , December 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2000-210566

Soggetti

Film thickness

Tribology

Sliding

Shear stress

Elastohydrodynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2000."

"Prepared for the Annual Meeting sponsored by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Orlando, Florida, May 20-24, 2001."

"Performing organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field"--Report documentation page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-10).