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During the war, the Japanese government sought to further tighten its control over Buddhist institutions. They attempted to force Buddhist schools to remove from their doctrines any language or idea that revealed anything less than full allegiance to the emperor or that diminished the significance of
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The Myōwakai (Society for Light and Peace), a transsectarian Buddhist organization, was a strong supporter of the war effort who promoted the idea of "benevolent forcefulness" which held that "war conducted for a good reason is in accord with the great benevolence and compassion of Buddhism." Another
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The new Buddhist lineages of Shingon and Tendai also developed somewhat independently from state control, partly because the old system was becoming less important to Heian aristocrats. This period also saw an increase in the official separation between the different schools, due to a new system that
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In the 1960s, many temples were focused solely on providing services like funerals and burials. In 1963, Tamamuro Taijō coined the term sōshiki bukkyō (funerary Buddhism), to describe the ritualistic formalism of temple Buddhism in postwar Japan that was often divorced from people's spiritual needs.
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Anti-Buddhist government policies and religious persecution put many Buddhist institutions on the defensive against those who saw it as the enemy of the Japanese people. This led Japanese Buddhist institutions to re-examine and re-invent the role of Buddhism in a modernizing Japanese state which now
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Martin Collcutt believes Japanese Buddhism was on the verge of total eradication. It is estimated that 40,000 Buddhist temples were destroyed, and in certain places the percentage of Buddhist temples destroyed reached 80%. The intensity of the destruction depended on the region, and the most violent
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Also during this time there was a widespread movement among many Buddhist sects to return to the proper use of Buddhist precepts. Numerous figures in the Ōbaku, Shingon, Shingon-risshū, Nichiren, Jōdo shū and Soto schools participated in this effort to tighten and reform Buddhist ethical discipline.
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During the height of the medieval era, political power was decentralized and shrine-temple complexes were often competing with each other for influence and power. These complexes often controlled land and multiple manors, and also maintained military forces of warrior monks which they used to battle
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based Buddhism, which he saw as the only valid object of devotion in the age of mappō. Nichiren believed that the conflicts and disasters of this period were caused by the wrong views of Japanese Buddhists (such as the followers of Pure Land and esoteric Buddhism). Nichiren faced much opposition for
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Aside from the Buddhist immigrant groups, Asuka Buddhism was mainly the purview of aristocratic groups like the Soga clan and other related clans, who patronized clan temples as a way to express their power and influence. These temples mainly focused on the performance of rituals which were believed
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Katsumi Tanabe: "The origin of the image of Vajrapani should be explained. This deity is the protector and guide of the Buddha Sakyamuni. His image was modelled after that of Hercules. (...) The Gandharan Vajrapani was transformed in Central Asia and China and afterwards transmitted to Japan, where
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estimated 36.2% of the population in 2010 practiced Buddhism. The Japanese General Social Survey placed the figure at less than 20% of the population in 2017. The 2013 Japanese National Character Survey showed that roughly 70% of the population do not adhere to any religious beliefs. Another survey
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Katusmi Tanabe: "The Japanese wind god images do not belong to a separate tradition apart from that of their Western counter-parts but share the same origins. (...) One of the characteristics of these Far Eastern wind god images is the wind bag held by this god with both hands, the origin of which
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The artistic inspiration from Greek floral scrolls is found quite literally in the decoration of Japanese roof tiles, one of the only remaining element of wooden architecture throughout centuries. The clearest ones are from the 7th century Nara temple building tiles, some of them exactly depicting
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grew rapidly, especially the Nichiren/Lotus Sūtra based movements like Sōka Gakkai and Risshō Kōseikai (which are today the largest lay Buddhist organizations in Japan). Soka Gakkai "... grew rapidly in the chaos of post war Japan from about 3000 members in 1951 to over 8 million members" in 2000,
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Buddhist temples in post-war Japan experienced difficult times. There was much damage to be repaired and there was little funding for it. In the 1950s, the situation slowly improved, especially for those temples that could harness tourism and other ways of procuring funding. However, post-war land
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It is also during this period that true lineages of "Shintō" kami worship begin to develop in Buddhist temples complexes, lineages which would become the basis for institutionalized Shintō of later periods. Buddhists continued to develop theories about the relationship between kami and the Buddhas
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The Zen lineages were also widely disseminated throughout the country during this era. A key contributing factor to their spread (as well as to the spread of Pure Land temples) was their activity in funerals and mortuary rituals. Some temple halls were reconstructed with a focus on mortuary rites
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The new schools' independence from the old schools did not happen all at once. In fact, the new schools remained under the old schools' doctrinal and political influence for some time. For example, Ōhashi Toshio has stressed how during this period, the Jōdo sect was mainly seen as a subsidiary or
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During this period, the new "Kamakura schools" continued to develop and began to consolidate themselves as unique and separate traditions. However, as Deal and Ruppert note, "most of them remained at the periphery of Buddhist institutional power and, in some ways, discourse during this era." They
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This period saw the development of new Buddhist lineages or schools which have been called "Kamakura Buddhism" and "New Buddhism". All of the major founders of these new lineages were ex-Tendai monks who had trained at Mt. Hiei and had studied the exoteric and esoteric systems of Tendai Buddhism.
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Buddhist monks interpreted their relationship to the kami in different ways. Some monks saw them as just worldly beings who could be prayed for. Other saw them as manifestations of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. For example, the Mt. Hiei monk Eryō saw the kami as "traces" (suijaku) of the Buddha. This
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The government edict of April 1872 ended the status of the Buddhist precepts as state law and allowed monks to marry, to eat meat and stopped the regulation of tonsure and dress. The result of this law (over the course of about four decades) was that most Buddhist priests in Japan marry and many
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The Tendai and Shingon credentials of Rinzai figures such as Enni show that early Zen was not a lineage that was totally separate from the other "old" schools. Indeed, Zen monastic codes feature procedures for "worship of the Buddha, funerals, memorial rites for ancestral spirits, the feeding of
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Katsumi Tanabe: "Needless to say, the influence of Greek art on Japanese Buddhist art, via the Buddhist art of Gandhara and India, was already partly known in, for example, the comparison of the wavy drapery of the Buddha images, in what was, originally, a typical Greek style" (Katsumi Tanabe,
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Japanese Buddhism is very diverse with numerous independent schools and temple lineages (including the "old" Nara schools and the "new" Kamakura schools) that can be traced back to ancient and medieval Japan, as well as more recent Japanese New Religious movements and modern lay organizations.
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Furthermore, though there were numerous independent Buddhist schools and lineages at this time, many monks did not exclusively belong to one lineage and instead traveled to study and learn in various temples and seminaries. This tendency of practicing in multiple schools or lineages was termed
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The Royal court and elite families of the capital also studied the classic Chinese arts that were being taught in the five mountain Rinzai temples. The shogunal families even built Zen temples in their residential palaces. The five mountain temples also established their own printing program
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During the Kamakura (1185–1333) and Muromachi (1336–1573) periods, Buddhism and Buddhist institutions had a great influence on Japanese society. Buddhist institutions were used by the shogunate to control the country. During the Edo (1600–1868) this power was constricted, to be followed by
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Zen. This Rinzai Zen tradition was centered on the ten "Five Mountain" temples (five in Kyoto and five in Kamakura). Besides teaching zazen meditation, they also pursued studies in esoteric Buddhism and in certain art forms like calligraphy and poetry. A pivotal early figure of Rinzai was
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There were also semi-independent clerics (who were called shōnin or hijiri, "holy ones") who lived away from the major Buddhist monasteries and preached to the people. These figures had much more contact with the general populace than other monks. The most well known of these figures was
3035:(1685–1768) laid a strong emphasis on kōan training as the original pedagogical means of his tradition, combining it with a somatic practice by drawing on ideas from Chinese medicine and Daoism. Hakuin also criticized the mixing of Zen and Pure Land. His views became influential in the 2765:
During this period, the new Kamakura schools rose to a new level of prominence and influence. They also underwent reforms in study and practice which would make them more independent and would last centuries. For example, it was during this period that the True Pure Land monk
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temple complex and take over much of Kyoto in the 1530s. They eventually came into conflict with the Tendai warrior monks of Enryakuji in what became known as the Tenbun Period War, in which all 21 major Hokke (Nichiren) temples were destroyed, along with much of Kyoto.
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The Japanese populace was aware of Buddhist involvement in aiding and promoting the war effort. Because of this, Buddhist lineages have engaged in acts of repentance for their wartime activities. Buddhist groups have been active in the post-war peace movement.
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Furthermore, during this era, new Buddhist traditions began to develop. While some of these have been grouped into what is referred to as "new Kamakura" Buddhism, their beginning can actually be traced to the late Heian. This includes the practice of Japanese
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was rooted in the Meiji era need for Buddhists to show that they were good citizens that were relevant to Japan's efforts to modernize and become a major power. Some Buddhists, like Tanaka Chigaku, saw the war as a way to spread Buddhism. During the
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There was also a decrease in the ritual schedule of the royal court. Because of this, Buddhist Temples which did survive this period had to turn to new ways of fundraising. Aside from mortuary duties, this also included increasing public viewings
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Kawase Takaya, "The Jodo Shinshu Sectś Missionary Work in Colonial Korea"; in: "Modern Japanese Buddhism and Pan-Asianism", The 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Tokyo, March 28, 2005, pp. 6–7
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Otani Eiichi, "Missionary Activities of Nichiren Buddhism in East Asia", in: "Modern Japanese Buddhism and Pan-Asianism", The 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Tokyo, March 28, 2005, pp. 21–22
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This sparked a popular and often violent movement to eradicate Buddhism, which was seen as backwards and foreign and associated with the corrupt Shogunate. There had been much pent-up anger among the populace because the Tokugawa
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Another Buddhist deity, Shukongōshin, one of the wrath-filled protector deities of Buddhist temples in Japan, is also an interesting case of transmission of the image of the famous Greek god Heracles to East Asia along the
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Immigrant groups like the Korean monks who supposedly instructed Shōtoku introduced Buddhist learning, administration, ritual practice and the skills to build Buddhist art and architecture. They included individuals like
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forced families to affiliate themselves with a Buddhist temple, which included the obligation of monetary donations. Many Buddhist temples abused this system to make money, causing an undue burden on their parishioners.
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Another response to the social instability of the period was an attempt by certain monks to return to the proper practice of Buddhist precepts as well as meditation. These figures include figures like the Kōfukuji monk
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that Japanese Buddhist studies as an academic field began. This was sparked by the overseas travel of Japanese scholars to Western universities and encountered Buddhist textual studies there, particularly the study of
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Post-war Japan has seen a decline in traditional temple Buddhism, with roughly 100 Buddhist organizations disappearing every year. Still, around 90% of Japanese funerals are conducted according to Buddhist rites.
2762:). During this era of widespread warfare, many Buddhist temples and monasteries were destroyed, particularly in and around Kyoto. Many of these old temples would not be rebuilt until the 16th and 17th centuries. 8247: 2321:(Collection of Waka of the Awakening Mind, 1012). The courtly practice of rōei (performing poetry to music) was also taken up in the Tendai and Shingon lineages. Both monks and laypersons met in poetry circles ( 3478:
This meant that Buddhist temples and institutions were now free to associate with any religious lineage or to become independent if doctrinal or administrative differences proved too much. One example is when
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The imperial government also actively built and managed the Buddhist temples as well as the monastic community. The Nihon Shoki states that in 624 there were 46 Buddhist temples. Some of these temples include
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During the Edo period, there was an unprecedented growth of print publishing (in part due to the support of the Tokugawa regime), and the creation and sale of printed Buddhist works exploded. The Tendai monk
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Other monks attempted to minister to marginalized low class groups. The Kegon-Shingon monk Myō'e was known for opening his temple to lepers, beggars, and other marginal people, while precept masters such as
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set into motion a series of reforms which sought to increase state control of religion (as well as to eliminate Christianity). Iemitsu's reforms developed what has been called the head–branch system (
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With the support of the Shogunate, Buddhist scholasticism also thrived during the Edo period, and the major Buddhist schools established new systems of scholastic study in their schools' seminaries (
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Shintō kami. This included parts of the writings of medieval Buddhist founders like Shinran and Nichiren who had written that it is sometimes good to criticize rulers if they go against the Dharma.
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Portable shrine from the 1600s with 30 guardian deities and an invocation to the Lotus Sutra. Buddhism and kami worship were closely associated in Japan until they were separated in the late 1800s
3163:) of 1868. The ideologues of this new Shinto sought to return to a pure Japanese spirit, before it was "corrupted" by external influences, mainly Buddhism. They were influenced by national study ( 2522:
further add that it was only "from the late fifteenth century onward that these lineages came to increasingly occupy the center of Japanese Buddhist belief and practice." The only exception is
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made it to Japan in the times of early Buddhism, but Buddhism absorbed them. "nder Buddhist influence," these stories were "associated with certain ascetic monks who were devoted to the
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There were also a number of new Buddhist movements that grew popular in the Meiji period through 1945. Some of the most influential of these were the Nichirenist/Lotus movements of
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There was also a renaissance of Sanskrit studies in the Shingon school, led by figures such as Jōgon (1639–1702) and Jiun Sonja (1718–1804). Meanwhile, in Sōtō Zen, scholars led by
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offer an alternative view of Japan where their form of Buddhism would form the religious foundation of a peaceful and psychologically and materially enriched society".
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and Buddhism. The aim of Shugendo practitioners is to save the masses by acquiring supernatural powers through rigorous training while walking through steep mountains.
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in Ming China. This lineage, which promoted the dual practice of zazen and nembutsu, would be very successful, having over a thousand temples by the mid-18th century.
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The elite state sponsored Nara Buddhism was not the only type of Buddhism at this time. There were also groups of unofficial monastics or priests (or, self-ordained;
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Among the founders of the forty-six sects in Japanese Zen, sixteen were Chinese masters, fifteen were Japanese masters who traveled to China during the reign of the
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Zen, which attained prominence earlier (13th century). Meanwhile, the "old" schools and lineages continued to develop in their own ways and remained influential.
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in Japan had 129 million believers, of which 46 million were Buddhists and most of them were believers of new schools of Buddhism which were established in the
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State temples continued the practice of conducting numerous rituals for the good of the nation and the imperial family. Rituals centered on scriptures like the
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vines and grapes. These motifs have evolved towards more symbolic representations, but essentially remain to this day in many Japanese traditional buildings.
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doctrine. Critical Buddhists have also examined the moral failings of Japanese Buddhism, such as support for nationalist violence and social discrimination.
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Based on traditional sources, Shōtoku has been seen as an ardent Buddhist who taught, wrote on, and promoted Buddhism widely, especially during the reign of
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During the Kamakura period, these new schools did not gain as much prominence as the older lineages, with the possible exception of the highly influential
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Stone, Jaquelin (2000). Japanese Lotus Millennialism. In: Wessinger, Catherine, Millennialism, Persecution and Violence, Syracuse University Press, p. 265
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Another important development during this era was that Buddhist monks were now being widely encouraged by the state to pray for the salvation of Japanese
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There are various Japanese new religious movements which can be considered Buddhist sects, the largest of these are lay Nichiren Buddhist groups such as
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Various other Greco-Buddhist artistic influences can be found in the Japanese Buddhist pantheon, the most striking being that of the Japanese wind god
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system, which was a way to manage provincial temples through a network of national temples in each province. The head temple of the entire system was
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Meanwhile, a new breed of public preachers was beginning to frequent public spaces and develop new forms of preaching. These include Pure Land monk
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As of 2022, around 70.8 million people, or about 67% of Japan's total population, identify as Buddhist. The largest sects of Japanese Buddhism are
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grew in popularity, even among the low class and non-aristocratic population, which often formed religious groups such as the "Lotus holy ones" (
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as well as for his ideas on reforming Buddhist institutions. He sought to interpret Buddhist thought through a more rational lens and drew on
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guardian deities in front of Japanese Buddhist temples, or representations of the Buddha reminiscent of Greek art such as the Buddha in
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Eventually, the increasing power of Six Nara Schools and their influence in politics started to overwhelm the city of Nara. This forced
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The transmission of the floral scroll pattern from West to East is presented in the regular exhibition of Ancient Japanese Art, at the
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Buddhist art became extremely varied in its expression. Many elements of Greco-Buddhist art remain to this day however, such as the
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with each other. In spite of the instability of this era, the culture of Buddhist study and learning continued to thrive and grow.
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was written, a text which shows significant Buddhist influence. The monk Dōji (?–744) may have been involved in its compilation.
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who is the true founder of Japanese Buddhism. Modern historians have questioned much of this, seeing most of it as a constructed
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The Tendai warrior monks and the Ikko Ikki leagues remained a major political power in Japan until their defeat at the hands of
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The Tendai is for the royal family, the Shingon for the nobility, the Zen for the warrior classes, and the Jodo for the masses.
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hungry ghosts, feasts sponsored by donors, and tea services that served to highlight the bureaucratic and social hierarchy."
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linked to a view of social responsibility that is distinctive". According to an academic study, lay believers of Buddhism "...
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played a key role in the early spread of Buddhism in the country. Their support, along with that of immigrant groups like the
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developed to include elaborate music, dance and other forms of performance. Major temples and monasteries such as the royal
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by the philosopher Harivarman. It was never a truly independent school, instead it was studied along with Sanron doctrine.
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promoted the worship of kami as manifest forms of the Buddhas. A group of Tendai monks at Mt. Hiei meanwhile incorporated
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system. In this, Japanese citizens were required to register at their local Buddhist temples and obtain a certification (
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Buddhist leaders often worked with the government, providing religious support for their rule. For example, the Zen monk
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Another way of communicating the Buddhist message was through the medium of poetry, which included both Chinese poetry (
1510:(Abridged Annals of Japan), mentions a foreigner known in Japanese as Shiba no Tatsuto, who may have been Chinese-born, 10730: 10280: 8375: 7894: 1482: 1376: 822: 779: 6526:(1993). "Reviewed work: Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution, James Edward Ketelaar". 3110:. The True Pure Land lineages established an extensive seminary system which constituted what would eventually become 2872:. This led to numerous debates between Christians and Buddhists, such as the so-called "Yamaguchi sectarian debates" ( 1604:(554 – 15 April 628). He is also believed to have sent envoys to China and is even seen as a spiritually accomplished 1396:
in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the
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A study about the reason for the growth in lay believers and increased engagement in society attributes the cause to
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reforms and an increasingly mobile and urban population meant that temples lost both parishioners and land holdings.
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During the mid-sixteenth century westerners first began to arrive in Japan, introducing new technologies, as well as
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The Buddhist liturgy of this era also became more elaborate and performative. Rites such as the Repentance Assembly (
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Stone, Jaqueline I. (2003). In: Buswell, Robert E. ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism, New York: Macmillan Reference Lib.
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as well as the teachings of the historical Buddha to do so. He was a prolific author of around 120 books, including
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thought into their worship of the kami Sannō, which eventually came to be seen as the source or "original ground" (
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Japanese Buddhist art started to develop as soon as the country converted to Buddhism in 548. Some tiles from the
2341:(1185–1333) was a period of crisis in which the control of the country moved from the imperial aristocracy to the 1412:(1868–1912) saw a strong response against Buddhism, with persecution and a forced separation between Buddhism and 10900: 10890: 8719: 7240: 4982:, as of 2018, Buddhism was the predominant religion in Japan with about 84 million adherents or about 69% of the 2530:
temporary branch sect of Tendai. Furthermore, not all monks of the old sects were antagonistic to the new sects.
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The copying and writing of Buddhist scripture was a widespread practice in this period. It was seen as producing
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to provide magical effects, such as protection. During this period, Buddhist art was dominated by the style of
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in 1287, which treated more than 88,000 people over a 34-year-period and collected Chinese medical knowledge.
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The Soka Gakkai and Human Security, D. Metraux, p. 49, Virginia Review of Asian Studies, Mary Baldwin College
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Some holidays are specific to certain schools or traditions. For example, Zen Buddhist traditions celebrate
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in 805, who also introduced tantric elements into the tradition. The primary text of Tendai Buddhism is the
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Japanese Saints: Mormons in the Land of the Rising Sun, John Patrick Hoffmann, Lexington Books, 2007 p. 37
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to the other regions and islands of Japan. An important part of the centralizing reforms of this era (the
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Sino-Japanese Reflections: Literary and Cultural Interactions Between China and Japan in Early Modernity
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Nam-Lin Hur, Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System
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The following Japanese Buddhist holidays are celebrated by most, if not all, major Buddhist traditions:
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in 1868, the new imperial government adopted a strong anti-Buddhist attitude. A new form of pristine
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sects because the latter had a history of inciting socio-political disturbances in the 16th century.
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teachings of 'social responsibility': "In the tradition of Nichiren Buddhism, however, we find the
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Harvard University Asia Center, 2007; pp. 1-30 (The Rise of Funerary Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan).
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Medieval Rinzai was also invigorated by a series of Chinese masters who came to Japan during the
1597:, emerged victorious and promoted Buddhism on the archipelago with support of the broader court. 1585:, gave Buddhism its initial impulse in Japan along with its first temple (Hōkō-ji, also known as 1290: 7674:
Kawanami, Hiroko (1999). "Japanese Nationalism and the Universal Dharma". In Harris, Ian (ed.).
3421:), which attempted to carry out a series of assassinations, culminating in the assassination of 3348:(A Critique of the Theory that Mahayana Is the Direct Teaching of the Historical Buddha, 1903). 2805: 1761:. The monastic community was overseen by the complex and hierarchical imperial Monastic Office ( 301: 10880: 10720: 10388: 10358: 10131: 10082: 9923: 9871: 9866: 9628: 9449: 9346: 9098: 9093: 8842: 8176: 8151: 8066: 8046: 7966: 4902: 4691: 4687: 3515: 2862: 2475: 2444: 2408: 1703:
The Great Buddha of Asuka-dera, oldest Buddha statue in Japan, and an example of the Tori style
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then states that the emperor allowed only the Soga clan to worship the Buddha, to test it out.
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Sino-Japanese Transculturation: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the End of the Pacific War
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had the second most, though a large number of people practice elements of both. Japan has the
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during the late 6th and early 7th centuries. They are associated with the ancient capital of
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scrolls inscribed with the nembutsu. He also made widespread use of the Japanese vernacular.
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Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
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Death and social order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, anti-Christianity, and the danka system,
4030:. It was never a truly independent school, instead it was studied along with Hossō doctrine. 2861:(1534–1582), who subjugated both the Tendai monks at Mt Hiei and then the Ikko Ikki, in the 10908: 10875: 10860: 10378: 10275: 10221: 10106: 10045: 10013: 10008: 9993: 9978: 9968: 9933: 9846: 9538: 9461: 8764: 8704: 8453: 8420: 8370: 8156: 8111: 8091: 8081: 7981: 6561: 5389: 5086: 5039: 5010:(1185-1333). According to these statistics, the largest sects of Japanese Buddhism are the 4877: 4559: 4509: 4111: 3483:
temple became independent from the Hossō lineage and created its own Shōtoku denomination.
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of teaching Buddhism. Monks specializing in such arts were called yūsō ("artistic monks").
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and has established schools, colleges and a university, as well as cultural institutions.
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An illustration of Saichō with tea leaves. He is known for having introduced tea to Japan.
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An old saying regarding the schools of Buddhism in relation to the different classes is:
3561:, the most notorious of these new new religions, is a dangerous cult responsible for the 3464: 3460: 3397: 3278: 3053: 2952: 2622: 1980: 1330: 1285: 1223: 1163: 1100: 1045: 1040: 795: 784: 220: 157: 8689: 8616: 5030:(Buddhist shrine) in their homes. According to a 2012 Pew Research study, Japan has the 4554: 499: 10778: 10683: 10525: 10488: 10483: 10413: 10363: 10310: 10305: 10176: 10171: 10166: 10156: 10141: 10126: 10121: 10060: 10040: 10003: 9928: 9733: 9434: 9358: 9236: 9178: 9019: 8919: 8847: 8822: 8468: 8398: 8226: 8161: 8126: 8061: 8031: 7976: 7971: 7831: 7540: 6773: 6543: 6348: 5444: 5417:"Trade-Buddhism: Maritime Trade, Immigration, and the Buddhist Landfall in Early Japan" 5207: 5056: 4776:
built Hōkō-ji, the first temple in Japan, between 588 and 596. It was later renamed as
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During the post-war period, in contrast to traditional temple Buddhism, Buddhist based
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Pure Land, Real World: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination
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it exerted stylistic influences on the wrestler-like statues of the Guardian Deities (
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During this period, there was a consolidation of a series of annual court ceremonies (
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also studied under Issan. Shiren was also a historian who wrote the Buddhist history
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During this period, some Buddhist temples established groups of warrior-monks called
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Reexamining the Sinosphere: Cultural Transmissions and Transformations in East Asia
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Schools are the oldest Buddhist schools in Japan. These schools came to Japan from
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in 1945), most Japanese Buddhist institutions supported militarization of Japan.
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Nara state sponsorship saw the development of the six great Nara schools, called
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is also important. The Lotus Sutra is also central to Tendai esoteric teachings.
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An influential figure of Buddhist reform during this period was the philosopher
3115: 3103: 3039:(1868–1912), when his dharma-heirs came to dominate the Japanese Rinzai-school. 2640: 2422: 2180:), preaching on nembutsu practice and working with local Buddhist cooperatives ( 1505: 915: 489: 434: 10923: 10626: 10476: 10258: 9838: 9818: 9738: 9427: 9417: 9351: 9188: 8674: 8537: 7566: 7561: 7125: 7123: 6992:"The Sōka Gakkai's search for the realization of the world of Risshō ankokuron" 5140: 5115:"Alexander the Great, East-West cultural contacts from Greece to Japan", p. 19) 4707: 4653: 4501: 4449: 3950: 3742: 3577: 3572:
also saw a new philosophical movements among Buddhist intellectuals called the
3245: 3202: 3118:(1683–1769) undertook a major attempt to publish and study the works of Dōgen. 2885: 2850: 2758: 2584: 2471: 2191:
A scroll depicting the kami Hachiman dressed as a Buddhist monk, an example of
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These schools were centered around the capital where great temples such as the
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Vowz Band (A group of Buddhist monks who use rock music to spread message)
3452: 3329:, and terms such as "Indian studies" was favoured over "Buddhist studies." 3224: 3182: 3107: 3032: 3007: 2858: 2644: 2614: 2385: 2381: 2279: 2187: 2100:). Tendai Buddhism was particularly influential, and the veneration of the 2031:. This new system allowed Tendai to free itself from direct state control. 2000: 1876: 1740: 1633: 1502: 1476: 1438: 1075: 960: 878: 764: 677: 657: 549: 9566: 9551: 9511: 9208: 8872: 8448: 7102:
In Japan, Buddhism, long the religion of funerals, may itself be dying out
4998:. According to statistics by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2023, the 4050: 3993: 3712: 3694: 3026: 2838: 2746:
saw the devolution of central government control and the rise of regional
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The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice
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in Osaka, one of the main fortress-temple complex of the True Pure Land (
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or 67% (Government est., 2022) to under 20% (JGSS Research Center, 2017).
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his views and was also attacked and exiled twice by the Kamakura state.
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A Storied Sage: Canon and Creation in the Making of a Japanese Buddha
6921:"The Question of Quintessence: Buddhism in Wartime Japanese Academia" 4925: 4746: 4735: 4731: 4711: 4697: 4576: 4341: 4315:, many Buddhist schools (classified by scholars as "New Buddhism" or 4275: 4268: 4248: 3894: 3782: 3576:, since it was led by a group of Kyoto University professors, mainly 3305: 3036: 2983:) hosted Buddhist pilgrims and mountain ascetics throughout the era. 2771: 2455: 2154: 2150: 2047: 1582: 1578: 1409: 1195: 1170: 672: 331: 10446: 9282: 9136: 8902: 8684: 8553: 8545: 6642:"Meiji Religious Policy, Soto Zen and the Clerical Marriage Problem" 6539: 4797: 4393: 4204:, an eclectic tradition which brought together Buddhist and ancient 4102: 4062: 3605: 2892:(1600–1868) who ran the country through a feudal system of regional 2798: 2752: 2434: 2364: 2052: 2016: 1927:
were erected. The most influential of the temples are known as the "
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of Japan would become angry at this worship of a foreign deity. The
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Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation
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and later took a position at Tokyo Imperial University. Meanwhile,
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Muromachi period (1336–1573) and Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603)
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Critical Buddhism: Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought
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Buddhism and Japanese Nationalism: A sad chronicle of complicity
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Kasahara, Kazuo; McCarthy, Paul; Sekimori, Gaynor, eds. (2001).
4432: 2770:(1415–1499) forged a large following for his school and rebuilt 2414: 2173: 2072: 424: 409: 10788: 10773: 10609: 10471: 10451: 10226: 9888: 9768: 9758: 9693: 9321: 9277: 9262: 9252: 9222: 9146: 9029: 8797: 8669: 8413: 8408: 7889: 5708:. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 103–107. 5289: 5287: 5081: 4987: 4375: 4205: 4058: 4040: 3944: 3906: 3843: 3804: 3796: 3792: 3690: 3146: 3063: 3018: 2920: 2897: 2775: 2774:. He reformed devotional practices with a focus on Shinran and 2767: 2687: 2669:, Chinese dictionaries, reference works, and medical texts. 2554: 2493:
A 20th century depiction of the banishment of Nichiren in 1261.
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Silk Road transmission of Buddhism § Northern transmission
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
3553:(Enlightenment Society, drawing from Shingon and Shinto), and 1975: 10928: 10763: 10621: 10587: 10567: 10537: 10466: 9883: 9728: 9606: 9601: 9571: 9526: 9373: 9368: 9247: 8952: 8777: 8744: 8734: 7029:
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5331:. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 16–17. 5270:. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–17. 4937: 4913: 4861: 4784:, the name of the capital where it was located. Unlike early 4515:
Dai Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teachings
4466: 4424: 4411: 4380: 4054: 3762: 3738: 3734: 3003: 2991: 2723: 2459: 2439: 2430: 2295: 2240:, would have a strong influence throughout the medieval era. 2081: 2004: 1908: 1548: 1393: 1135: 632: 509: 469: 459: 454: 439: 291: 281: 161: 7693:
King, Richard; Poulton, Cody; Endo, Katsuhiko, eds. (2012).
7287:"Articles on the Lotus Sutra, Tendai, and Nichiren Buddhism" 5284: 5261: 5259: 2676:
The Hansōbō shrine, a Shinto shrine at the Rinzai temple of
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temple and Kōfukuji, also became home to the performance of
10798: 9591: 9257: 8754: 7025: 7023: 6847:"The "Negative Side" of D. T. Suzuki's Relationship to War" 5294:
Dykstra, Yoshiko Kurata; De Bary, William Theodore (2001).
4849:). The day at the Buddha was said to have passed away into 4792:
were highly ornamental and strictly symmetrical. The early
4607: 4544:
and FAS Society. But there are other new movements such as
3855: 3318: 2329:
circle which was patronized by Prince Shukaku (1150–1202).
2203: 1567: 474: 6604:
Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism: Myōshinji, a living religion
6432:"A Brief History of Buddhism in Japan", accessed 30/4/2012 4796:(9th–10th century) saw an evolution of style based on the 3439:
Buddhists were also forced to venerate talismans from the
3134:
Buddhist temple bells being smelted for bronze during the
2450:
Another set of new Kamakura schools include the two major
2224:
Popular sites for pilgrimage and religious practice, like
2060:
specified the particular school which an imperial priest (
10456: 8992: 5256: 4722:. In consistency with Greek iconography for the wind god 4165:. Shingon is based mainly on two tantric scriptures, the 2833:
This era also saw the rise of militant Buddhist leagues (
2451: 2291: 2139:, which focuses on the contemplation and chanting of the 2067: 1481:
Originating in India, Buddhism arrived in Japan by first
1466: 7124:
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2013).
7020: 6925:
Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea
5518: 5455: 3215:
times of haibutsu kishaku lasted between 1869 and 1871.
3155:(separating Buddhism from Shinto), which began with the 1962: 7372: 6301: 6299: 5991: 5907: 4734:. Heracles was used in Greco-Buddhist art to represent 2333:
Kamakura Buddhism (1185–1333) - new schools of Buddhism
1656:
priest of the Madhyamaka school, who (according to the
1483:
making its way to China and Korea through the Silk Road
4812:
style emerged in the late 12th or early 13th century.
2829:
The Battle of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, by Utagawa Yoshifuji
1783:
A model of Yakushi-ji, a major imperial temple of Nara
141: 7763:
A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects
7723:
Foundation of Japanese Buddhism: The Aristocratic Age
7365:
Heinrich Dumoulin, James W. Heisig, Paul F. Knitter,
7204:"A Sect's Political Rise Creates Uneasiness in Japan" 6572:. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 230. 5326: 5026:
indicates that about 60% of Japanese families have a
4682:
to the Japanese god Shukongōshin. From left to right:
3932:, introduced to Japan around 753 by the Chinese monk 3628:
According to the religious statistics of 2023 by the
3557:(Garden of True Thusness, a Shingon-based religion). 2719:
Late Muromachi-Period Buddhism (1467–1603) - Ōnin War
2516: 6296: 3781:, introduced to Japan around 736 by the Indian monk 3409:
right-wing Buddhist organization during the war was
3219:
temples became hereditary holdings within a family.
3210:
The violence spread to every region of the country.
2879: 1461: 7572:(1st ed.). New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill. 4552:), a Buddhist school which focuses on studying the 4057:). It also directly encouraged the creation of the 2960:
would even call the Tokugawa shōgun a "holy king" (
2631:) reflects this influence. One of his students was 2168:saw various groups of warrior monks join the fray. 7760: 7655:Fogel, Joshua A.; Fraleigh, Matthew, eds. (2022). 7565: 7539: 7513: 5295: 5125:can be traced back to the shawl or mantle worn by 4714:, as protector deity of Buddhist temples in Japan. 3381:During the "fifteen year war" (beginning with the 3297:(Enlivening Buddhism). In 1904 he inaugurated the 2497:Additionally, it was during this period that monk 1715:The Yumedono Kannon, another example of Tori style 7742:Foundation of Japanese Buddhism:The Mass Movement 7714:The Dao Companion to Japanese Buddhist Philosophy 4487:(1222–1282) which focuses on the Lotus Sutra and 4198:Additionally, this period saw the development of 3336:(1849–1927), who studied Sanskrit at Oxford with 3192:This religious persecution of Buddhism, known as 3006:, a Chinese monk. Ingen had been a member of the 1445:with 2.8 million, and only about 700,000 for the 10981: 7678:. London/New York: Continuum. pp. 105–126. 7174: 4491:practice, chanting the name of the Lotus Sutra. 3697:, the national headquarters of the Hossō school. 3366: 2391:The new schools include Pure Land lineages like 2184:) to create images of bodhisattvas like Kannon. 1615:Taoist traditions of immortality and becoming a 7676:Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia 7182:Japanese monks use rock music to spread message 5302:. New York: Columbia University Press. p.  4183: 4145: 4123: 4089: 4005: 3968: 3925: 3872: 3821: 3774: 1852: 7740:Matsunaga, Daigan; Matsunaga, Alicia (1996b). 7721:Matsunaga, Daigan; Matsunaga, Alicia (1996a). 6174: 5232:Measuring religion in Japan: ISM, NHK and JGSS 5173: 5171: 4750:Vine and grape scrolls from Nara, 7th century. 4177: 4161:in 816, who traveled to China and studied the 4139: 4117: 4083: 3999: 3962: 3919: 3866: 3828:, introduced to Japan in 654 by Japanese monk 3815: 3768: 1846: 8322: 7915: 7414: 6751: 6326: 5195:, Government of Japan. 2023-12-28. p. 35 4765:List of National Treasures of Japan (temples) 3332:One of the first such Japanese academics was 3017:(1554–1642), who is seen as an originator of 1731:(673 through 686) Buddhism (Hakuhō refers to 1370: 725: 9104:Basic points unifying Theravāda and Mahāyāna 4678:Iconographical evolution from the Greek god 4502:Shakyamuni Buddha of the Essential Teachings 4448:(1200–1253), a Japanese line of the Chinese 4427:(1141–1215), a Japanese line of the Chinese 4299:, swordsman artist and philosopher close to 3832:, who had travelled to China to study under 2931:sects were treated more favourably than the 2705:) of all Buddhas (thereby reversing the old 2038:( Ch. Zhenyan; "True Word", from Sanskrit: " 1723: 1404:(1603–1868), Buddhism was controlled by the 61:introducing citations to additional sources 7489: 7453: 6959: 6957: 6800: 6798: 6702: 6700: 6690: 6688: 6665: 6663: 5461: 5329:The religious traditions of Japan, 500–1600 5268:The religious traditions of Japan, 500–1600 5225: 5223: 5168: 5014:with 22 million believers, followed by the 4758: 3751:seven great temples of the southern capital 3125: 2786:) and were thus known as mortuary temples ( 2782:(sometimes for a specific family, like the 2501:(1222–1282) began teaching his exclusively 2217:" (Hachiman daibosatsu) who was popular in 1929:seven great temples of the southern capital 1827:. This period saw the establishment of the 1672:, who came from a Korean immigrant family. 1628: 8329: 8315: 7922: 7908: 7130:(in Japanese). Tōkyō: Nihon Tōkei Kyōkai. 7066: 7064: 6947: 6945: 6600: 6560: 6478: 6476: 6399: 6397: 6387: 6385: 6375: 6373: 6018: 5704:Powers, John (2000). "Japanese Buddhism". 5523:(1st English ed.). Tokyo: Kosei Pub. 5356: 5354: 5352: 5350: 5348: 4523: 3604:) as being incompatible with the Buddha's 3457:devastated by the allied bombing campaigns 2888:period of war, Japan was re-united by the 2570:(1336–1573) supported and patronized the " 1854:lit. the Six Sects of the Southern Capital 1768: 1691:, first major sponsor of Buddhism in Japan 1377: 1363: 732: 718: 7609:. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. 7490:Deal, William E.; Ruppert, Brian (2015). 7359: 7117: 7007: 6448: 6446: 6424: 6131: 6129: 6101: 6099: 5753: 5751: 5609: 5607: 5597: 5595: 5021:There are a wide range of estimates; the 4962:on October 15 to commemorate the life of 4611:Iconographical evolution of the Wind God. 4303:monk of the Rinzai school (linked to the 4194:is central to Shingon esoteric teachings. 2946:(1573–1645) suggested that the spirit of 7767:. Tokyo: Bukkyo-sho-ei-yaku-shupan-sha. 7628:. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. 7560: 7534: 7508: 7378: 6954: 6844: 6813: 6795: 6752:Makoto, Hayashi; Amstutz, Galen (2012). 6697: 6685: 6660: 6327:Makoto, Hayashi; Amstutz, Galen (2012). 6305: 5997: 5913: 5868: 5862: 5421:Journal of the American Oriental Society 5414: 5220: 4745: 4673: 4606: 4274: 4254: 4238: 4223: 3975:, introduced to Japan around 625 by the 3879:, introduced to Japan around 625 by the 3711: 3700: 3689: 3615: 3505: 3497: 3129: 3057:Illustration of a book published in 1814 3052: 3041: 2985: 2841:("Single Minded" Pure Land Leagues) and 2824: 2804: 2756:and the so called "warring states era" ( 2722: 2671: 2597: 2547: 2488: 2363: 2355: 2242: 2186: 2071: 1974: 1966: 1798: 1786: 1778: 1566:and Nakatomi no Kamako worried that the 51:Relevant discussion may be found on the 10291:Banishment of Buddhist monks from Nepal 7805:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 7600:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 7492:A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism 7422:"Global Religious Landscape: Buddhists" 7061: 6989: 6942: 6918: 6680:The Secularization of Japanese Buddhism 6473: 6394: 6382: 6370: 6280: 6278: 5961:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 87, 95-97 5895:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 87, 91-93 5793:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 68-71, 85 5345: 5265: 3537:In the 1970s, during a period of rapid 2956:) addressed to the samurai. Meanwhile, 2552:The main gate of Tōfuku-ji, the oldest 1687:Painting on silk of the semi-legendary 1527:) provides a date of 552 for when King 1429:with 22 million believers, followed by 14: 10982: 10494:List of Buddhist architecture in China 7463:. Pew Research Center. December 2012. 7090:Funeral Buddhism: A Religion in Crisis 6669:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 213-215. 6554: 6485: 6443: 6126: 6096: 5748: 5703: 5604: 5592: 5390:Buddhism's arrival, Shinto's endurance 5018:Buddhists with 10 million believers. 4049:to relocate the capital, moving it to 3979:monk Ekwan. The school focused on the 3002:lineage of Zen would be introduced by 2068:Later Heian Period Buddhism (950–1185) 1467:Arrival and initial spread of Buddhism 8310: 7903: 7865:Japanese Buddhism, A Cultural History 7542:The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy 7467:from the original on 26 December 2018 7432:from the original on January 28, 2018 7332:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 237-239 7323:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 235-237 7260: 7193:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 233-235 7079:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 232-233 7070:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 232-234 7058:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 231-232 6996:Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 6963:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 224–226 6951:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 222–225 6804:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 220-222 6742:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 219-221 6733:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 216-218 6724:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 215-217 6715:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 214-218 6706:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 214-216 6646:Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 6639: 6522: 6482:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 212-214 6470:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 210-211 6461:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 211-213 6452:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 200-202 6430:Japan Buddhist Federation, Buddhanet 6421:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 189-191 6412:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 190-192 6403:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 193-195 6391:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 199-201 6379:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 188-190 6317:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 184-186 6293:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 181-183 6284:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 179-181 6272:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 172-173 6263:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 179-182 6254:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 177-180 6245:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 176-179 6227:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 149-152 6218:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 149-151 6209:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 145-147 6171:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 145-146 6162:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 143-146 6153:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 143-145 6144:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 151-153 6135:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 142-144 6123:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 136-137 6114:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 139-141 6084:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 124-126 6075:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 123-124 6066:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 122-123 6048:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 117-118 6009:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 113-115 5988:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 101-103 5979:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 100-104 5850:from the original on 21 December 2020 5832: 5543: 5244:from the original on 11 November 2020 4602: 4575:persecutions at the beginning of the 4569: 4564: 3708:, the head temple of the Kegon school 3471:which became an official part of the 3463:abolished state Shinto, establishing 3293:(The Guiding Principle of Truth) and 2911:) and the temple affiliation system ( 1963:Early Heian Period Buddhism (794–950) 7929: 7392:"List of Japanese Buddhist Holidays" 7367:Zen Buddhism : a History: Japan 7344:Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey 7341: 6621:from the original on 14 January 2023 6500: 6275: 6105:Deal & Rupert (2015) pp. 135-136 5970:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 99-102 5952:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 98-100 5601:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 32-34. 5589:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 31-32. 5580:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 30-32. 5571:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 29-31. 5509:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 27-29. 5500:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 19-26. 5482:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 19-22. 5473:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 21-23. 5229: 4903:honor the spirits of one's ancestors 4540:and lay Zen Buddhist groups such as 4219: 3270:(Association for the Ten Precepts). 2903:During the seventeenth century, the 1795:of Todai-ji seen from the north side 1562:(506–570) supporting the idea while 194:Regions with significant populations 28: 7624:Curley, Melissa Anne-Marie (2017). 7356:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 56-57 6570:Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami 5943:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 95-97 5934:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 92-94 5925:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 91-93 5904:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 92-96 5829:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 90-92 5811:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 68-70 5766:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 68-69 5757:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 60-61 5736:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 59-60 5694:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 55-56 5676:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 54-56 5640:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 49-50 5631:Deal & Ruppert (2015) pp. 48-49 4918:, the Autumnal Equinox celebration. 2849:managed to destroy the Ikko Ikki's 2711:theory which saw the Buddha as the 2197:("syncretism of kami and buddhas"). 24: 10281:Silk Road transmission of Buddhism 7588: 7184:" (Tim Allman reports. 2013-07-03) 6528:Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 5706:A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism 4992:second largest Buddhist population 4954:, the end of the year celebration. 4741: 4469:in 1654, incorporates elements of 3244:(Pillar of the Nation Society) of 2990:Portrait of Chinese monk Yinyuan ( 2517:Late Medieval Buddhism (1336–1467) 2360:An illustration of Hōnen preaching 2149:, in hopes of being reborn in the 1497:, which were influenced by Indian 828:Decline in the Indian subcontinent 823:Silk Road transmission of Buddhism 25: 11016: 7883: 7812:"The Zen of Japanese Nationalism" 6694:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 209. 6028:. Springer Nature. p. xii]. 5032:third largest Buddhist population 4034: 3749:), where they founded the famed " 3473:Japanese constitutional amendment 3459:, with most cities in ruins. The 3157:Kami and Buddhas Separation Order 2880:Edo (Tokugawa)-Period (1603–1868) 2685:and bodhisattvas. One such idea, 1485:and then traveling by sea to the 1462:Early Buddhism (5th-13th century) 10962: 10952: 10951: 10509:Thai temple art and architecture 10254:Huichang persecution of Buddhism 8494:Iconography in Laos and Thailand 8360: 8347: 8337: 8290: 8281: 8280: 7888: 7810:Sharf, Robert H. (August 1993). 7461:"The Global Religious Landscape" 7444: 7384: 7350: 7335: 7326: 7317: 7308: 7254: 7233:"Discover your potential 自分力の発見" 7225: 7196: 7187: 7145: 7095: 7082: 7073: 7052: 7039: 7016:from the original on 2016-03-21. 6983: 6966: 6912: 6899: 6886: 6877: 6838: 6819: 6745: 6736: 6727: 6718: 6709: 6672: 6633: 6594: 6516: 6236:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 172 6184:Harvard University Press, 2005. 6093:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 135 6057:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 121 5491:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 14. 5237:(Report). JGSS Research Center. 5230:Iwai, Noriko (11 October 2017). 5146: 5132: 5118: 5108: 4319:), as opposed to "Old Buddhism" 4307:) founded by the 28th Patriarch. 3679: 3502:Soka Gakkai's Tokyo headquarters 3469:separation of religion and state 2802:) of hidden or esoteric images. 2458:), promulgated by monks such as 2290:theater (which is the origin of 1708: 1696: 1680: 1344: 763: 260: 211: 130: 44:relies largely or entirely on a 33: 8361: 7842:from the original on 2020-12-29 7402:from the original on 2010-11-04 7369:, p. 5. World Wisdom, Inc, 2005 7342:Hase, Mikiso (April 17, 2018). 7297:from the original on 2015-01-04 7275:from the original on 2015-01-04 7243:from the original on 2013-10-05 7214:from the original on 2014-11-13 7134:from the original on 2013-12-05 7127:Japan Statistical Yearbook 2014 6931:from the original on 2019-10-28 6927:. Palgrave Macmillan: 137–152. 6867:from the original on 2012-01-20 6845:Victoria, Brian Daizen (2010), 6784:from the original on 2021-09-13 6601:Jørn Borup (25 February 2008). 6464: 6455: 6415: 6406: 6359:from the original on 2021-09-13 6320: 6311: 6287: 6266: 6257: 6248: 6239: 6230: 6221: 6212: 6203: 6165: 6156: 6147: 6138: 6117: 6108: 6087: 6078: 6069: 6060: 6051: 6042: 6012: 6003: 5982: 5973: 5964: 5955: 5946: 5937: 5928: 5919: 5898: 5889: 5823: 5820:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 87 5814: 5805: 5802:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 70 5796: 5787: 5784:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 73 5778: 5775:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 72 5769: 5760: 5745:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 60 5739: 5730: 5727:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 58 5721: 5718:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 56 5712: 5697: 5688: 5685:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 59 5679: 5670: 5667:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 53 5661: 5658:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 51 5652: 5649:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 50 5643: 5634: 5625: 5622:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 46 5616: 5613:Deal & Ruppert (2015) p. 45 5583: 5574: 5565: 5537: 5512: 5503: 5494: 5485: 5476: 5467: 4969: 4336:practice, chanting the name of 2994:), who founded the Ōbaku school 2738:Beginning with the devastating 2124:is an example of the fusion of 2056:, "secret teaching") elements. 1985:a print of a Tendai temple, by 10499:Japanese Buddhist architecture 10301:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism 9381:Seven Factors of Enlightenment 8572:Places where the Buddha stayed 8248:British Indian Ocean Territory 7520:. London: Century Paperbacks. 7482: 5521:A History of Japanese religion 5408: 5382: 5327:Bowring, Richard John (2005). 5320: 5266:Bowring, Richard John (2005). 5002:under the jurisdiction of the 4974:According to estimates by the 4769:Japanese Buddhist architecture 3636:under the jurisdiction of the 3392:Japanese Buddhist support for 3230:This reformed "new Buddhism" ( 3201:"abolish Buddhism and destroy 1543:that included an image of the 13: 1: 10514:Tibetan Buddhist architecture 7261:Stone, Jacqueline I. (2002). 7009:10.18874/jjrs.13.1.1986.31-61 5298:Sources of Japanese tradition 5212:: CS1 maint: date and year ( 5162: 3795:, as well as on the works of 3446: 3367:War time Buddhism (1931–1945) 3049:, by Hosoki Toshikazu c. 1879 2998:During the 17th century, the 2691:("provisional manifestation") 2454:schools of Japan (Rinzai and 2034:Also during this period, the 2003:, the capital was shifted to 1990: 706:Glossary of Japanese Buddhism 10271:Buddhism and the Roman world 10247:Decline of Buddhism in India 10242:History of Buddhism in India 8342:   Topics in 7854:Shields, James Mark (2011). 7111:International Herald Tribune 7049:, University of Hawaiì Press 6180:Louis-Frédéric, Käthe Roth. 4684:1) Heracles (Louvre Museum). 4513:, venerates and reveres the 4500:, venerates and reveres the 4340:, so as to be reborn in the 4208:elements. It was founded by 4163:Chinese Mantrayana tradition 3936:. The school focused on the 3887:. The school focused on the 3836:. The school focused on the 3791:, a compilation of numerous 3785:. The school focused on the 3385:in 1931 and ending with the 1026:Buddhist Paths to liberation 7: 9469:Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar 9209: 7605:Covell, Stephen G. (2006). 7596:Auerback, Micah L. (2016). 6990:Métraux, Daniel A. (1986). 5369:Agency for Cultural Affairs 5193:Agency for Cultural Affairs 5045: 4980:Agency for Cultural Affairs 4884:, i.e. Kanbutsu-e (潅仏会) or 4815: 4406:, originating from Chinese 4184: 4146: 4124: 4090: 4006: 3969: 3926: 3873: 3822: 3775: 3630:Agency for Cultural Affairs 3413:'s terrorist organization " 3277:(1858–1919). A graduate of 1853: 1815:moved the state capital to 1433:with 10 million believers, 142: 10: 11021: 10419:The unanswerable questions 7712:Kopf, Gereon, ed. (2019). 7045:Ives, Christopher (2009). 5415:Holcombe, Charles (1999). 4762: 4670:Japanese Buddhist pantheon 4667: 4663: 4613:Left: Greek wind god from 4560:early Buddhist scriptures. 4038: 3948:and on strict adherece to 3683: 3611: 3539:social and economic change 3370: 1772: 1470: 1456: 10947: 10899: 10814: 10729: 10504:Buddhist temples in Korea 10427: 10329: 10212: 9909: 9837: 9664: 9537: 9477: 9112: 9067:Chinese Esoteric Buddhism 8978: 8970:Three planes of existence 8918: 8763: 8655: 8585: 8577:Buddha in world religions 8439: 8384: 8356: 8276: 8235: 8195: 7937: 7494:. John Wiley & Sons. 6652:(1–2): 46. Archived from 5462:Deal & Ruppert (2015) 4909:Sept. 21st, approximately 4629:Right: Japanese wind god 4247:, the main temple of the 4178: 4140: 4118: 4084: 4000: 3963: 3920: 3867: 3816: 3769: 3428:, an event known as the " 3279:Tokyo Imperial University 2145:, the name of the Buddha 1847: 1803:Todai-ji's Great Buddha ( 1724:Hakuhō Buddhism (645–710) 1392:was first established in 232: 227: 210: 205: 198: 193: 178: 173: 129: 10286:Persecution of Buddhists 9507:Four stages of awakening 8888:Three marks of existence 8474:Physical characteristics 7997:East Timor (Timor-Leste) 7863:Tamura, Yoshiro (2005). 7396:japanlifeandreligion.com 7293:. Princeton University. 6492:Paul B. Watt, Review of 5371:. 2023-12-28. p. 51 5102: 4759:Architecture and temples 3346:Daijō bussetsu ron hihan 3283:critique of Christianity 3126:Meiji period (1868–1912) 3098:). Examples include the 2605:Sōgen Pond, designed by 1823:) thus inaugurating the 1629:Asuka Buddhism (552–645) 1400:(1185-1333). 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