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The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0521720273 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780521720274 (pbk.)
Author	Bowring, Richard John 1947-
Title	The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600 / Richard Bowring
Publisher	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005
Physical desc.	xvi, 485 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note	Paperback ed. 2008.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 448-461) and index.
Contents	Pt. 1: 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 -- Pt. 2: From Saichō to the destruction of Tōdaiji (800-1180). The beginnings of a 'Japanese' Buddhism: Tendai -- The beginnings of a 'Japanese' Buddhism: Shingon -- Buddhism and the state of Heian Japan -- Shrine and state in Heian Japan -- The rise of devotionalism -- In a time of strife -- Pt. 3: From the destruction of Tōdaiji to the fall of Go-Daigo (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 Shintō -- Taking stock -- Pt. 4: From the fall of Go-Daigo to the death of Nobunaga (1330-1582). Two rival courts -- Muromachi Zen -- The end of the medieval -- Appendices: Reading Shingon's two maṇḍala.
Subject	Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- To 1185
	Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1185-1600
	Shinto -- History
	Japan -- Religion -- To 1600

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10012691	200.952 BOW	RL		. *, Permanent Loan .