A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan

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A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan

Linfeng Yang 1*
  • 1 Japanese Language and Culture, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, 55105, USA    
  • *corresponding author lyang4@macalester.edu
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Abstract

Buddhism, as a religion introduced to Japan, has gone through significant evolution as Japanese society combines it with elements that are particular to Japanese culture. Therefore, it is worth exploring how recent interpretations are different from the form of Buddhism when it was first introduced. What major changes Buddhism has undergone that make it the image nowadays in Japan would be a significant topic that is worth being pursued. The author has referred to research from scholarly articles and journals that has previously explored issues and themes related to the historical development of Buddhism in Japan. After centuries of societal evolution and progressing ideologies, Buddhism has found its way of adaption in Japan, which retains essential elements from its original doctrines while not infringing the principal qualities of traditional Japanese culture.

Keywords:

Meiji Period, Martial Arts, Zen, Shintoism, Buddhism

Yang,L. (2023). A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan. Communications in Humanities Research,4,390-395.
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References

[1]. McCallum, D. F. (2001). The Earliest Buddhist Statues in Japan. Artibus Asiae, 61(2), 149–188. https://doi.org/10.2307/3249909

[2]. Zenryū, T., & Umeyo, H. (1974). Buddhism in the Asuka-Nara Period. The Eastern Buddhist, 7(1), 19–36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44361382

[3]. Andrei, T. J. (2018). <italic>Ise Sankei Mandara</italic> and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan. Art Bulletin, 100(1), 68–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2017.1367911

[4]. Kimura, K. (2011). The Role of the Noh Play Chikubushima: An Amalgamation of Shintoism and Buddhism. International Journal of the Image, 1(4), 11–18. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/cgp/v01i04/44222

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[7]. Klautau, O. (2008). Against the Ghosts of Recent Past: Meiji Scholarship and the Discourse on Edo-Period Buddhist Decadence. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 35(2), 263–303. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30233834

[8]. Godart, G. C. (2008). “Philosophy” or “Religion”? The Confrontation with Foreign Categories in Late Nineteenth Century Japan. Journal of the History of Ideas, 69(1), 71–91. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2008.0008

[9]. Shields, J. M. (2014). Zen and the Art of Treason: Radical Buddhism in Meiji Era (1868–1912) Japan. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 15(2), 205–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2014.898425

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Yang,L. (2023). A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan. Communications in Humanities Research,4,390-395.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 2

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References

[1]. McCallum, D. F. (2001). The Earliest Buddhist Statues in Japan. Artibus Asiae, 61(2), 149–188. https://doi.org/10.2307/3249909

[2]. Zenryū, T., & Umeyo, H. (1974). Buddhism in the Asuka-Nara Period. The Eastern Buddhist, 7(1), 19–36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44361382

[3]. Andrei, T. J. (2018). <italic>Ise Sankei Mandara</italic> and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan. Art Bulletin, 100(1), 68–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2017.1367911

[4]. Kimura, K. (2011). The Role of the Noh Play Chikubushima: An Amalgamation of Shintoism and Buddhism. International Journal of the Image, 1(4), 11–18. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/cgp/v01i04/44222

[5]. Trenson, S. (2022). Buddhism and Martial Arts in Premodern Japan: New Observations from a Religious Historical Perspective. Religions, 13(5), 440. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13050440

[6]. Groemer, G. (2000). A Short History of the Gannin: Popular Religious Performers in Tokugawa Japan. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 27(1/2), 41–72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30233640

[7]. Klautau, O. (2008). Against the Ghosts of Recent Past: Meiji Scholarship and the Discourse on Edo-Period Buddhist Decadence. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 35(2), 263–303. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30233834

[8]. Godart, G. C. (2008). “Philosophy” or “Religion”? The Confrontation with Foreign Categories in Late Nineteenth Century Japan. Journal of the History of Ideas, 69(1), 71–91. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2008.0008

[9]. Shields, J. M. (2014). Zen and the Art of Treason: Radical Buddhism in Meiji Era (1868–1912) Japan. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 15(2), 205–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2014.898425

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