The Religious Traditions of Japan 500–1600 - Hardcover

Bowring, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052185119X ISBN 13: 9780521851190

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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 Shintõ interacted in Japanese culture.

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Book Description:

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. The resources of art, history, social and intellectual history, as well as doctrine are brought to bear on the subject in order to give as full a picture as possible of the richness of the Japanese tradition. This is the first book in a Western language to provide an overview of how Buddhism and Shintõ interacted in Japanese culture.

About the Author:

Richard Bowring is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. He is co-author of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan (1993) and has written a number of Japanese Language textbooks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 052185119X
• ISBN 13: 9780521851190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 502