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Preface | |
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Explanatory Note | |
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Contributors | |
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Chronological Table | |
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Early Japan | |
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The Earliest Records of Japan | |
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Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories | |
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Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians | |
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History of the Kingdom of Wei (Wei zhi) ca. 297 C.E. | |
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History of the Latter Han Dynasty (Hou Han shu) ca. 445 C.E. | |
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History of the Liu Song Dynasty (Songshu) ca. 513 C.E. | |
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History of the Sui Dynasty (Sui shu) ca. 630 C.E. | |
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New History of the Tang Dynasty (Xin Tang shu) | |
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The Earliest Japanese Chronicles | |
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Birth of the Land | |
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Preface to Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) | |
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Early Shinto | |
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Legends Concerning Shinto Deities | |
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Birth of the Sun Goddess | |
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The Divine Creation of the Imperial Ancestors | |
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Legends Concerning Susa-no-o | |
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Susa-no-o and the Sun Goddess | |
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Susa-no-o in Izumo | |
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Descent of the Divine Grandson with the Three Imperial Regalia | |
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Princess Yamato and Prince Plenty | |
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The Founding of Izumo | |
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Enshrinement of Amaterasu | |
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Shinto Prayers (Norito) | |
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Norito for the Festival of the Sixth Month | |
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The Blessing of the Great Palace | |
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The Great Exorcism of the Last Day of the Sixth Month | |
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Moving the Shrine of the Great Deity at Ise | |
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Driving Away a Vengeful Deity | |
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Congratulatory Words of the Chieftain of Izumo | |
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Prince Shotoku and His Constitution | |
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Internal Strife in the Late Sixth Century | |
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The Reign of Suiko and Rule of Shotoku | |
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The Empress Suiko, 592-628 C.E. | |
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The Seventeen-Article Constitution of Prince Shotoku | |
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The Lotus Sutra | |
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Preaching the One Great Vehicle [Mahayana] | |
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The Parable of the Burning House | |
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The Vimalakirti Sutra (Yuima-kyo) | |
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Entering the Gate of Nondualism | |
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Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan | |
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Chinese-Style History and the Imperial Concept | |
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From the Preface to Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) | |
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Emperor Jinmu | |
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Nintoku: Rule of Benevolence | |
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The Reform Era | |
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Fujiwara no Kamatari and the Future Emperor Tenchi | |
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Inauguration of the Great Reform Era | |
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Reform Edicts | |
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The White Pheasant | |
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The Chinese Model of Rulership (Denis Twitchett) | |
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Taizong: Plan for an Emperor (Difan) (Denis Twitchett) | |
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The Commentary on the Legal Code (Ryo no gige) | |
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Memorial on the Submission of the Commentary on the Legal Code | |
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Regulations for Fitness Reports | |
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New Compilation of the Register of Families | |
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Preface in the Form of a Memorial to Emperor Saga | |
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Preface to the Kaifuso | |
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Nara Buddhism | |
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The Sutra of the Golden Light | |
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The Protection of the Country by the Four Deva Kings | |
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The Flower Garland School | |
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The Flower Garland Sutra | |
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The Flower Garland Sutra: The Tower of Vairochana | |
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The Buddha Kingdom of the Flower Garland | |
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State Sponsorship and Control of Buddhism | |
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The Humane King as Protector of Buddhism | |
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Buddhism and the State in Nara Japan | |
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Proclamation of the Emperor Shomu on the Erection of the Great Buddha Image | |
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The Bodhisattva Gyogi (Yoshiko Dykstra) | |
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Regulation of the Buddhist Orders by the Court | |
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Edicts of the Empress Shotoku Concerning Dokyo | |
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Edict of October 19, 764 | |
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Edict of November 26, 766 | |
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The Merger of Buddhist and Shinto Deities | |
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Mahayana Universalism and the Sense of Hierarchy | |
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Saicho and Mt. Hiei (Ryusaku Tsunoda and Paul Groner) | |
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The Tendai Lotus Teaching | |
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Guanding: On the Five Periods of the Buddha's Teaching (Daniel Stevenson) | |
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Huisi: The Method of Calming and Contemplation in the Mahayana | |
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Zhiyi: Calming and Contemplation | |
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Saicho: Vow of Uninterrupted Study of the Lotus Sutra | |
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Saicho: Explaining the Precepts | |
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The Mahayana Precepts in Admonitions of the Fanwang Sutra | |
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Regulations for Students of the Mountain School in Six Articles I | |
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Regulations for Students of the Mountain School II | |
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Subsequent History of Tendai and Mt. Hiei (Paul Groner) | |
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Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism | |
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Indications of the Goals of the Three Teachings (Sango shiki) | |
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Kukai and His Master | |
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Encounter with Huiguo | |
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Enlightenment in This Bodily Existence | |
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The Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness | |
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Recapitulation of the Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness | |
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A School of Arts and Sciences | |
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Regulations for Inviting the Instructors | |
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The Spread of Esoteric Buddhism | |
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Prayer of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa on Offering the Tripitaka to Hachiman | |
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Miracle Tales of the Bodhistattva Jizo (Yoshiko Dykstra) | |
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How Mochikata Received a Miraculous Revelation | |
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About the "Malt Jizo" of Kanuki in Suruga | |
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Sex and Buddhahood--A Shingon Heresy | |
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Selections from The Precious Mirror (Hokyosho) | |
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Prayers for the Shogun | |
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Letter of the Monk Mongaku to Shogun Yoriie A.D. 1200 | |
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Annen: Maxims for the Young (Dojikyo) | |
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The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics I | |
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Murasaki Shikibu: On the Art of Fiction | |
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Fujiwara Teika: Introduction to the Guide to the Composition of Poetry | |
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The Medieval Age: Despair, Deliverance, and Destiny | |
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Amida, the Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New | |
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Traditional Pure Land Buddhism | |
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Genshin: The Essentials of Salvation | |
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Innovators of the New Pure Land Buddhism | |
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Honen: Choosing the Original Vow for the Recitation of the Buddha's Name (Senchaku hongan nembutsu shu) | |
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The One-Page Testament | |
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The Lamentation and Self-Reflection of Gutoku Shinran | |
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Shinran: A Record in Lament of Divergencies (Tannisho) | |
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Rennyo: Rennyo's Rules | |
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Items to Be Prohibited Among True Pure Land Adherents | |
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Nembutsu as Gratitude | |
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Ippen: Selections from A Hundred Sayings | |
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The Revival of Earlier Buddhism | |
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Myoe: Smashing the Evil Chariot | |
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The Meaning of the Kegon Practice of Meditation, Clarity of Insight, and Entry into the Gate of Deliverance | |
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Jokei: Gedatsu Shonin's Petition for Reviving the Precepts | |
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New Views of History (Paul Varley) | |
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Historical Tales (Rekishi monogatari) | |
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A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari) | |
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Fujiwara no Michinaga: Flowering Fortunes | |
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The Great Mirror (Okagami) | |
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Fujiwara no Michinaga: Flowering Fortunes, Continued | |
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Medieval Uses of the Past | |
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Jien | |
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Gukansho | |
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One Hundred Kings | |
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Helping Emperors Rule | |
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An Appeal to Retired Emperor Go-Toba | |
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Kitabatake Chikafusa and the Southern Court | |
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The Direct Succession of Gods and Sovereigns (Jinno shotoki) | |
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Fujiwara and Murakami Genji as Assistants to Emperors | |
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On Imperial Restoration | |
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The Way of the Warrior (Paul Valey) | |
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Taira and Minamoto | |
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The Tale of Hogen (Hogen monogatari) | |
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The Night Attack on the Shirakawa Palace | |
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The Tale of the Heiji (Heiji monogatari) | |
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The Burning of the Sanjo Palace | |
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The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) | |
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"The Mighty Fall at Last, They Are Dust Before the Wind" | |
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Eastern Warriors | |
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The Taira as Courtier-Warriors | |
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The Mongol Invasions of Japan | |
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The Mongol Scrolls | |
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Chronicle of Great Peace (Taiheiki): The Loyalist Heroes | |
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Nichiren: The Sun and the Lotus (Philip Yampolsky) | |
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Nichiren: "Rectification for the Peace of the Nation" (Rissho ankoku ron) | |
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The Eye-Opener | |
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The True Object of Worship (Kanjin honzon sho) | |
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Zen Buddhism (William Bodiford) | |
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Zen in Japan | |
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Eisai: Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the State (Kozen gokokuron) | |
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Zen and Precepts | |
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The Darumashu | |
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Language | |
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Ten Facilities for Zen Monasticism | |
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Essentials for Monastics (Shukke taiko) | |
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Dogen: How to Practice Buddhism (Bendowa) | |
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The Fully Apparent Case (Genjo koan) | |
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Buddha Nature (Bussho) | |
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Muso Soseki: "Sermon at the Dedication of Tenryu-ji Dharma Hall" (from Muso kokushi goroku) | |
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"Reflections on the Enmity Between Go-Daigo and the Shogun, Ashikaga Takauji" (from Muso kokushi goroku) | |
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Ikkyu Sojun: The Errant Cloud Collection (Kyounshu) | |
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Shinto in Medieval Japan | |
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Empress Shotoku: Edict on the Great Thanksgiving Festival | |
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The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity (Royall Tyler) | |
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Kofuku-ji Goes to War in the Eikyu Era | |
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Sanetsune | |
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Yoshida Kanetomo: Prime Shinto (Allan Grapard) | |
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The Lineage of Yuiitsu-Shinto | |
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Regulations of Yuiitsu-Shinto | |
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Kitabatake Chikafusa: Chronicle of the Direct Descent of Gods and Sovereigns (Jinno shotoki) | |
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The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics II | |
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Zeami: Entering the Realm of Yugen (Donald Keene and Thomas Rimer) | |
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Connecting the Arts Through One Intensity of Mind | |
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The Nine Stages of the No in Order | |
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The True Path to the Flower (Shikado sho) | |
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Conversations with Shotetsu | |
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Jakuren's Poem | |
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Kamo no Chomei: Concerning Mysterious Beauty | |
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The Way of Tea (Paul Varley) | |
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Drink Tea and Prolong Life | |
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Murata Shuko: "Letter of the Heart" | |
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The Spiritual Basis of the Tea Ceremony (from Nanporoku) | |
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Purity and Purification in the Tea Ceremony (from Nanporoku) | |
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Women's Education | |
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General Preface to Illustrations of the Three Treasures (Edward Kamens) | |
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Keisei: A Companion in Solitude (Rajyashree Pandey) | |
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Muju Ichien: Mirror for Women (Robert Morrell) | |
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Law and Precepts for the Warrior Houses (Paul Varley) | |
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The Joei Code | |
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The Law of the Muromachi Shogunate | |
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The Kenmu Code | |
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The Law of the Warrior Houses in the Age of War in the Provinces | |
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The Yuki House Code | |
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Precepts of the Warrior Houses | |
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House Precepts in the Sengoku Age | |
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The "Seventeen-Article Testament of Asakura Toshikage" (Asakura Toshikage ju-shichi-ka-jo) | |
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Takeda Nobushige: The "Ninety-nine-Article Testament" | |
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The Regime of the Unifiers (Jurgis S. A. Elisonas) | |
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Oda Nobunaga | |
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The Humiliation of the Shogun | |
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The Articles of 1570 | |
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The Remonstrance of 1572 | |
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The Assault on Mount Hiei and the Blessings of Nobunaga | |
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Nobunaga in Echizen | |
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Letters from the Battleground | |
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Regulations for the Province of Echizen | |
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Nobunaga in Azuchi | |
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The Proud Tower | |
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The Free Market of Azuchi | |
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi | |
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Domestic Policies | |
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The Disarmament of the Populace | |
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Regulations for the Municipality of the Honganji | |
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Restrictions on Change of Status | |
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The Laws and Regulations of the Taiko | |
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The Korean War | |
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Letter to the King of Korea | |
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Korea Day by Day | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |