Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture /
Despite being one of the most influential forms of Japanese Buddhism, the Pure Land tradition, and notably its impact on the development of Japanese cultural history, has often been overlooked outside Japan. Taking into account recent scholarship on orientalism and occidentalism, this book, written...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
Series:
Numen Book Series
121.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
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Call Number: DS822.25 .P67 2008
| Summary: | Despite being one of the most influential forms of Japanese Buddhism, the Pure Land tradition, and notably its impact on the development of Japanese cultural history, has often been overlooked outside Japan. Taking into account recent scholarship on orientalism and occidentalism, this book, written from the perspective of the Study of Religions, provides an analysis of the impact that the Pure Land tradition, in particular Shin Buddhism, has exerted on mainstream forms of artistic expression (especially creative arts, literature and the tea ceremony) in modern and contemporary Japan. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-258) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047443056 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |