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(★)´R-0012´es mismo libro. (1.More than thirteen centuries of clergy, laity, and social conditions interacted to mold Japan´s Buddhism. Today´s resulting characteristics, which distinguish it from its mainland sources, include a proliferation of independent sects, emphasis on religion for lay members, and de-emphasis of clerical codes. The twenty main biographies and seventy-five sketches presented in this book span the sixth through twentieth centuries. They reveal both the individual and the social aspects of Buddhist evolution in Japan. They cover the many separate interchanges that brought Buddhist texts and practices from Korea and China as well as the Innovations that arose in Japan. Life stories of priests and a few outstanding lay Buddhists appear in straightforward language, using English terminology throughout. For the reader interested in further details, however, extensive appendixes and indexes provide full identification ［in Japanese, Chinese, and Sanskrit as applicable］ of persons, documents, and special terms that occur in the text. The book thus can be read either to satisfy the interests of the ordinary reader or as an introduction and source reference for scholars. 2.Yusen Kashiwahara, a professor emeritus of Japanese history at Otani University, specializes in the history of Japan´s popilar Buddhism from the seventeenth century to the present. Koyu Sonoda, a professor at Kansai University, specializes in Japanese Buddhist history of the seventh to twelfth centuries.) |
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