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

• Autore: Deal William E.
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.30952
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism - Japan - History; Buddhism and culture - Japan - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: REL007000
• Persona (resp. second.): RuppertBrian Douglas <1962->
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism
• ISBN: 1-118-60833-X; 1-4051-6701-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162718703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley Blackwell guides to Buddhism ; ; 1.