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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780752703321

Autore

Matsuo Kenji

Titolo

A history of Japanese Buddhism / / Kenji Matsuo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-281-37174-2

9786611371746

90-04-21331-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 pages)

Collana

Brill eBook titles 2010

Disciplina

294.30952

294.36570952

Soggetti

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders - Japan - History

Buddhism - Japan - History

Buddhist monks - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.