Recently added articles from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies:
Editors' Introduction: Helen Hardacre and the Study of Japanese Religion
Jan 01, 2009; Ambros, Barbara; Williams, Duncan; Murphy, Regan E ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) IN 1984, HELEN HARDACRE published her second monograph, The Religion of Japan's Korean Minority: The Preservation of Ethnic Identity. The book was a slim volume on a topic studied by few Japanese scholars until then. It would be nearly another ...
The Development of the Temple-Parishioner System
Jan 01, 2009; Fumio, Tamamuro ... This essay examines the historical conditions for the establishment of the templeparishioner or danka system. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact beginnings of this system. While there are medieval precedents, the broad development of the relationship between a temple and its parishioners as ...
The Purple Robe Incident and the Formation of the Early Modern Soto Zen Institution
Jan 01, 2009; Williams, Duncan ... The transition from the medieval to the early modern Buddhist order was directed in large measure by a new regulatory regime instituted by the Tokugawa bakufu. These new directives issued from Edo increasingly regulated every aspect of both political and religious life during the first half of ...
Invitation to the Secret Buddha of Zenkoji: Kaicho and Religious Culture in Early Modern Japan
Jan 01, 2009; Hur, Nam-lin ... In early modern Japan, for Buddhist temples endowed with famed "secret Buddhas," the kaicho was a lucrative means of public fundraising. In particular, at a time when a large-scale project such as building or repairing a Main Hall required sizable funding, many temples often turned to holding ...
Esoteric Buddhist Theories of Language in Early Kokugaku: The Soshaku of the Man'yo daishoki
Jan 01, 2009; Murphy, Regan E ... The early modern renaissance in the study of ancient texts, Kokugaku, has been described as a nativist movement that developed as the antithesis of Neo-Confucianism. This paper starts from a different premise. It follows KUGINUKI'S (2007) argument that the introduction of a new framework for the ...
State Shinto in the Lives of the People: The Establishment of Emperor Worship, Modern Nationalism, and Shrine Shinto in Late Meiji
Jan 01, 2009; Susumu, Shimazono ... Taking the lead from Helen Hardacre's scholarship as well as recent postcolonial theory, this article seeks to delineate new terms in the longstanding debate over State Shinto. It traces the historical process by which State Shinto penetrated the lives of the people, focusing especially on the ...
The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea: Soma Shoei's Zen Training with Korean Masters
Jan 01, 2009; Kim, Hwansoo ... The Japanese Buddhist view of Korean Buddhism from 1877 to 1945 abounded with colonialist and imperialistic rhetoric. Japanese Buddhist missionaries declared that Korean Buddhism should be reformed and revitalized under their guidance. With this mindset, most Japanese Buddhists in colonial Korea ...
Researching Place, Emplacing the Researcher: Reflections on the Making of a Documentary on a Pilgrimage Confraternity
Jan 01, 2009; Ambros, Barbara ... This essay reflects on the roles of the researcher, gender, place, and nostalgia in the making of an ethnographic documentary film on a contemporary pilgrimage confraternity. Every year the group visits Oyama, a sacred mountain in central Kanagawa Prefecture, on the occasion of the ...
