Religion in the Japanese Experience Sources and Interpretations

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The authors intention in compiling this anthology is to help the reader see Japanese religion more concretely, as it is found within the history of the tradition and experience of the people. The overall purpose of the selections, which represent various historical periods and schools of thought, is to show what religion means in the Japanese experience.

FOREWORD

XIV

(2)

PREFACE

XVI

CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Nature of Japanese Religion

(5)

I RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

(160)

CHAPTER 2 Shinto

(39)

1 The Centrality of Kami in Shinto, From The National Faith of Japan: A Study in Modern Shinto by D. C. Holtom

(4)

2 The Ancient Mythology From Kojiki

(6)

Donald L. Philippi

3 Shinto Shrines From The National Faith of Japan: A Study in Modern Shinto, by D. C. Holtom

(4)

4 Pilgrimage and Devotion at a Shinto Shrine From The Ise Daijingu Sankeiki or Diary of a Pilgrim to Ise

(2)

A. L. Sadler

5 Kitabatake Chikafusa: Medieval Shinto Thought From A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinno Shotoki of Kitabatake Chikafusa

(3)

H. Paul Varley

6 Motoori Norinaga: A Shinto View of Aesthetics and Human Nature From Motoori Norinaga 1730-1801, by Shigeru Matsumoto

(6)

7 The Role of Women in Shinto From the English Summary of Die Stellung der Frau im Shinto, by Haruko Okano

(4)

8 The Disestablishment of State Shinto, and the Emperor's "Renunciation of Divinity" From The Allied Occupation of Japan and Japanese Religions by William P. Woodard

(9)

CHAPTER 3 Buddhism

(36)

9 The Formal Entry of Buddhism into Japan From Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697

(3)

W. G. Aston

10 Harmony Between the Buddhist Pantheon and Shinto Kami From The Buddhist Philosophy of Assimilation, by Alicia Matsunaga

(4)

11 A Buddhist Scripture: The Lotus Sutra From The Lotus Sutra

(6)

Burton Watson

12 Buddhist Themes in Medieval Literature From The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan, by William R. LaFleur

(5)

13 The Buddhist Temple as a Center of Devotion From The Buddha Tree, by Fumio Niwa

(8)

14 The Organization of Buddhism and the Family From "Buddhist Sects and the Family System in Japan," by Kiyomi Morioka, in Religion in Changing Japanese Society

(3)

15 The Role of Nuns in Japanese Buddhism From "Soto Zen Nuns in Modern Japan: Keeping and Creating Tradition," by Paula K. R. Arai, in Religion and Society in Modern Japan

(7)

CHAPTER 4 Buddhist Founders

(22)

16 Dengyo Daishi and Tendai Buddhism From Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School, by Paul Groner

(2)

17 Kobo Daishi and Shingon (Esoteric) Buddhism From Kukai: Major Works, by Yoshito S. Hakeda

(3)

18 Honen and Pure Land Buddhism From Honen the Buddhist Saint, by Harper Havelock Coates and Ryugaku Ishizuka

(3)

19 Shinran and the True Pure Land Sect From Tannisho: A Primer

(3)

Dennis Hirota

20 Nichiren and Nichiren Buddhism From Selected Writings of Nichiren

(5)

Burton Watson

Philip B. Yampolsky

21 Dogen and Zen Buddhism From Sources of Japanese Tradition

(5)

Ryusaku Tsunoda

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Donald Keene

CHAPTER 5 Confucianism

103

(17)

22 Neo-Confucianism in Tokugawa Japan From "Neo-Confucianism and Tokugawa Discourse," by Peter Nosco. in Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture

104

(5)

23 Neo-Confucian "Orthodoxy" and Hayashi Razan From Tokugawa Ideology, by Herman Ooms

109

(4)

24 Hayashi Razan: Neo-Confucianism in Support of the Government and the Social Order From Sources of Japanese History, by David John Lu

113

(2)

25 Confucianism and Nationalism in Modern Japan From Confucianism in Modern Japan: A Study of Conservatism in Japanese Intellectual History, by Warren W. Smith, Jr.

115

(6)

CHAPTER 6 Religious Taoism

120

(6)

26 Religious Taoism in a Japanese Cult From "Koshin: An Example of Taoist Ideas in Japan," by E. Dale Saunders, in Proceeding of the IXth International Congress for the History of Religions, 1958

121

(6)

CHAPTER 7 Folk Religion

126

(14)

27 Rites of Passage in the Life Cycle From "Folk Religion," by Hitoshi Miyake, in Japanese Religion

127

(2)

28 Shamanistic Practices in Japan From The Catalpa Bow, by Carmen Blacker

129

(6)

29 Japanese Folktales From Folk Legends of Japan, by Richard M. Dorson

135

(6)

CHAPTER 8 Christianity

140

(17)

30 The Introduction of Roman Catholicism into Japan From Deus Destroyed, by George Elison

141

(3)

31 Fabian Fucan: A Japanese Critique of Roman Catholicism From Deus Destroyed, by George Elison

144

(6)

32 The Plea for an Authentic Japanese Christianity From Sources of Japanese Tradition

150

(2)

Ryusaku Tsunoda

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Donald Keene

33 A New Religion as the Japanese Way of Christianity From Christianity: The Japanese Way, by Carlo Caldarola

152

(6)

CHAPTER 9 Syncretism in Japanese Religious Life

157

(9)

34 Religious Life in Medieval Japan From A History of Japan to 1334, by George Sansom

158

(3)

35 Unity of Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism as the Rationale of the Government From Sources of Japanese Tradition

161

(2)

Ryusaku Tsunoda

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Donald Keene

36 Blending of Religious Traditions in Popular Teaching From Sources of Japanese Tradition

163

(4)

Ryusaku Tsunoda

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Donald Keene

II THEMES IN JAPANESE RELIGION

166

(78)

CHAPTER 10 Closeness of Humans, Gods, and Nature

166

(15)

37 Matsudaira Sadanobu: Self-Deification From Charismatic Bureaucrat, by Herman Ooms

167

(3)

38 Religious Sentiment in Ancient Poetry From The Manyoshu

170

(2)

39 Religious Aspects in Painting From Literary and Art Theories in Japan, by Makoto Ueda

172

(4)

40 Religious Content in Haiku From An Introduction to Haiku, by Harold G. Henderson From Literary and Art Theories in Japan, by Makoto Ueda

176

(6)

CHAPTER 11 Religious Significance of the Family, Living and Dead

181

(14)

41 The Family as the Basis for Religious Activities From Folk Religion in Japan: Continuity and Change, by Ichiro Hori

182

(3)

42 Transformation from Impure Corpse to Purified Ancestor From Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan, by Robert J. Smith

185

(3)

43 The Role of Women in Family Religion From Japanese Women: Constraint and Fulfillment, by Takie Sugiyama Lebra

188

(8)

CHAPTER 12 Importance of Purification, Specific Rituals, and Charms

195

(10)

44 Purification in the Ritual Prayers of Ancient Shinto From Norito: A New Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers

196

(5)

Donald L. Philippi

45 A Rite of Possession and Exorcism in a Heian Novel From The Tale of Genji

201

(5)

Edward G. Seidensticker

CHAPTER 13 Prominence of Local Festivals and Individual Cults

205

(13)

46 The Annual Cycle of Festivals From "Folk Religion," by Hitoshi Miyake, in Japanese Religion

206

(6)

47 The Atmosphere and "Sensation" of Festivals From "The Sensation of Festivals," by Keiichi Yanagawa, in Matsuri: Festival and Rite in Japanese Life

212

(7)

CHAPTER 14 Penetration of Religion into Everyday Life

218

(16)

48 Religious Life in Prehistoric Japan From Japan Before Buddhism, by J. E. Kidder, Jr.

219

(2)

49 Religious Life in a Rural Village From Folk Religion in Japan: Continuity and Change, by Ichiro Hori

221

(4)

50 Wedding Rituals in Contemporary Japan From Marriage and Changing Japan, by Joy Hendry

225

(5)

51 Social and Aesthetic Expression of Religion: The Art of Tea From Zen and Japanese Culture, by Daisetz T. Suzuki

230

(5)

CHAPTER 15 Natural Bond Between Religion and State

234

(10)

52 Shotoku's Constitution: Religion and State in Ancient Japan From Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697

235

(1)

W. G. Aston

53 The Imperial Rescript on Education: Religious Support for Modern Nationalism From Japanese Education, by Dairoku Kikuchi

236

(2)

54 Religion as Ideology From Kokutai no Hongi: Cardinal Principles of the National Entity of Japan

238

(7)

John Owen Gauntlett

Robert King Hall

III RELIGION IN RECENT AND MODERN JAPAN

244

CHAPTER 16 The Dilemma of Organized Religion in Modern Japan

244

(24)

55 Formalism in Buddhism From "Japanese and Chinese Buddhism in the Twentieth Century," by Zenryu Tsukamoto, in Journal of World History

245

(6)

56 Formalism in Shinto From "Shinto," in Japanese Religion in the Meiji Era, by Ichiro Hori and Yoshio Toda

251

(4)

57 Religious Life in Postwar Japan From City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward, by R. P. Dore

255

(8)

58 Secularism: From Ritual to Pornography in a Modern Novel From The Pornographers, by Akiyuki Nozaka

263

(7)

CHAPTER 17 The New Religions

268

(23)

59 Tenrikyo: The Inspiration of a Living-God From A Short History of Tenrikyo

270

(5)

60 The Teachings of Soka Gakkai From The Nichiren Shoshu Sokagakkai

275

(4)

61 A Couple's Experience of Counseling in Kurozumikyo From Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, by Helen Hardacre

279

(4)

62 A Young Man's Healing and Rediscovery of His Work Ethic in Gedatsu-kai From "Japanese Buddhism and the New Religions: Religion as Power," by H. Byron Earhart, in Japanese Buddhism: Its Tradition, New Religions and Interaction with Christianity

283

(5)

63 A Single Woman's Experience of Possession and Healing in Mahikari From Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan, by Winston Bradley Davis

288

(4)

CHAPTER 18 The History and Future of Japanese Religion

291

64 The Search for Identity by Modern Japanese From Harp of Burma, by Michio Takeyama

292

(3)

65 Religion and the State in Modern Japan From Japanese Religion in the Modern Century, by Shigeyoshi Murakami

295

(3)

66 Religious Values in a White-Collar Workplace From For Harmony and Strength: Japanese White-Collar Organization in Anthropological Perspective, by Thomas P. Rohlen

298

(6)

67 Religious Values in a Blue-Collar Workplace From Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace, by Dorinne K. Kondo

304

(4)

68 Christmas: A Modern Japanese Festival From "The Japanese Popular Christmas: Coping with Modernity," by David W. Plath, in Journal of American Folklore

308

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