Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture /

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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Main Author: Porcu, Elisabetta.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Numen Book Series 121.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Kultur.
Reines-Land-Schule.
Pure Land Buddhism > Japan.
Japan.
Japan > Civilization > Pure Land influences.
Japan > Civilization > 1868-

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Call Number: DS822.25 .P67 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Creating Images Of Japanese Buddhism And Culture
  • Chapter Two. Jōdo Shinshū And Literature
  • Chapter Three. Pure Land Buddhism And Creative Arts
  • Chapter Four. Pure Land Buddhism And The Tea Ceremony
  • Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.