Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600

Name: Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600
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ISBN: 9780521720274

ISBN-10: 0521720273

ISBN-13: 9780521720274

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard Bowring

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Richard Bowring traces the development of Japanese religious thought and practice from the introduction of writing to the point at which medieval attitudes gave way to a distinctive pre-modern culture, a change that brought an end to the dominance of religious institutions. A wide range of approaches using the resources of art, history, social and intellectual history, as well as doctrine is brought to bear on the subject in order to give as full a picture as possible of the richness of the Japanese tradition and an overview of how Buddhism and Shint interacted in Japanese culture.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 502
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Introduction



The Arrival of Buddhism and Its Effects (c.538-800)



The introduction of Buddhism



Creating a dynasty



Buddhism and the early state



Monuments at Nara



From Saicha to the Destruction of Tadaiji (800-1180)



The beginnings of a 'Japanese' Buddhism: Tendai



The beginnings of a 'Japanese' Buddhism: Shingon



Buddhism and the state in Heian Japan



Shrine and state in Heian Japan



The rise of devotionalism



A time for strife



From the Destruction of Tadaiji to the Fall of Godaigo (1180-1330)



For and against exclusive practice of the nenbutsu



Religious culture of the early 'middle ages'



Chan Buddhism



Zen Buddhism



Reform from within and without



The emergence of Shinta



Taking stock



From the Fall of Godaigo to the Death of Nobunaga (1330-1582)



Two rival courts; Muromachi Zen



The end of the medieval; 21


Appendix: reading Shingon's two mandala