Jeff Wilson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807835456
- eISBN:
- 9781469601816
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807869970_wilson.6
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This chapter discusses the history of Ekoji—how it was founded and when different groups joined and occupied the temple. It describes the temple's layout and the ways in which the former house was ...
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This chapter discusses the history of Ekoji—how it was founded and when different groups joined and occupied the temple. It describes the temple's layout and the ways in which the former house was converted or reconfigured into a Buddhist temple. The chapter also introduces Reverend Takashi Kenryu Tsuji, the founder of Ekoji. Methodists referred Tsuji as a “circuit rider” and praised his efforts to spread Buddhism in the South. Besides being a Buddhist circuit rider, Tsuji also represents another type of Buddhist leader: the modernist Shin Buddhist priest.Less
This chapter discusses the history of Ekoji—how it was founded and when different groups joined and occupied the temple. It describes the temple's layout and the ways in which the former house was converted or reconfigured into a Buddhist temple. The chapter also introduces Reverend Takashi Kenryu Tsuji, the founder of Ekoji. Methodists referred Tsuji as a “circuit rider” and praised his efforts to spread Buddhism in the South. Besides being a Buddhist circuit rider, Tsuji also represents another type of Buddhist leader: the modernist Shin Buddhist priest.
Jan Kiely
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231172769
- eISBN:
- 9780231541107
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231172769.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
Jan Kiely’s chapter on early 1950s Suzhou is the first archivally-based study to illustrate how the dismantling of institutional Buddhism in the early PRC was actually carried out and also considers ...
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Jan Kiely’s chapter on early 1950s Suzhou is the first archivally-based study to illustrate how the dismantling of institutional Buddhism in the early PRC was actually carried out and also considers the consequences for Buddhism in China thereafter.Less
Jan Kiely’s chapter on early 1950s Suzhou is the first archivally-based study to illustrate how the dismantling of institutional Buddhism in the early PRC was actually carried out and also considers the consequences for Buddhism in China thereafter.
Jeff Wilson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807835456
- eISBN:
- 9781469601816
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807869970_wilson
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States ...
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Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. This book argues that region is crucial to understanding American Buddhism. Through the lens of a multidenominational Buddhist temple in Richmond, Virginia, it explores how Buddhists are adapting to life in the conservative evangelical Christian culture of the South, and how traditional Southerners are adjusting to these newer members on the religious landscape. Introducing a host of overlooked characters, including Buddhist circuit riders, modernist Pure Land priests, and pluralistic Buddhists, the author shows how regional specificity manifests itself through such practices as meditation vigils to heal the wounds of the slave trade. He argues that southern Buddhists at once use bodily practices, iconography, and meditation tools to enact distinct sectarian identities even as they enjoy a creative hybridity.Less
Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. This book argues that region is crucial to understanding American Buddhism. Through the lens of a multidenominational Buddhist temple in Richmond, Virginia, it explores how Buddhists are adapting to life in the conservative evangelical Christian culture of the South, and how traditional Southerners are adjusting to these newer members on the religious landscape. Introducing a host of overlooked characters, including Buddhist circuit riders, modernist Pure Land priests, and pluralistic Buddhists, the author shows how regional specificity manifests itself through such practices as meditation vigils to heal the wounds of the slave trade. He argues that southern Buddhists at once use bodily practices, iconography, and meditation tools to enact distinct sectarian identities even as they enjoy a creative hybridity.
Gareth Fisher
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780520281226
- eISBN:
- 9780520961081
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520281226.003.0016
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines the flexible nature of religion by focusing on Buddhist temples as multiaspirational sites in contemporary Beijing. More specifically, it considers the role of public Buddhist ...
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This chapter examines the flexible nature of religion by focusing on Buddhist temples as multiaspirational sites in contemporary Beijing. More specifically, it considers the role of public Buddhist sites such as the Temple of Universal Rescue in post-Mao urban China. It argues that such sites function as arenas for urban aspirations that find little expression in the nonreligious spaces of secular cities like Beijing. Using the Temple of Universal Rescue as an example, the chapter shows how urban religious spaces in post-Mao China, particularly Buddhist ones, can function as sites for multiple aspirations that challenge state and market visions that dominate the urban geography of the secular Chinese city. After a brief review of the social history of religion and the secular in modern China, the rest of the chapter explores how the post-Mao phenomenon of religious spaces emerged as sites for alternative aspirations and looks at the aspirations of three temple goers: Wang Yi, Li Xiangqian, and Jiang Mei.Less
This chapter examines the flexible nature of religion by focusing on Buddhist temples as multiaspirational sites in contemporary Beijing. More specifically, it considers the role of public Buddhist sites such as the Temple of Universal Rescue in post-Mao urban China. It argues that such sites function as arenas for urban aspirations that find little expression in the nonreligious spaces of secular cities like Beijing. Using the Temple of Universal Rescue as an example, the chapter shows how urban religious spaces in post-Mao China, particularly Buddhist ones, can function as sites for multiple aspirations that challenge state and market visions that dominate the urban geography of the secular Chinese city. After a brief review of the social history of religion and the secular in modern China, the rest of the chapter explores how the post-Mao phenomenon of religious spaces emerged as sites for alternative aspirations and looks at the aspirations of three temple goers: Wang Yi, Li Xiangqian, and Jiang Mei.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Asukadera. Asukadera is not only the first full-scale temple built in Japan, it is really the first proper ...
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This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Asukadera. Asukadera is not only the first full-scale temple built in Japan, it is really the first proper Buddhist temple in any meaningful sense. The chapter demonstrates that all of the key figures of the period either were directly associated with the process or were believed by some to have had such an association; consequently, it is shown that the history of Asukadera is a microcosm illuminating the larger picture. The people involved include Empress Regnant Suiko (r. 593–628), Prince Stable Door (Umayado no ōji, also known as Crown Prince Saintly Virtue, Shōtoku Taishi, 574–622), and Soga no Umako (?–626), the leader of the Soga family.Less
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Asukadera. Asukadera is not only the first full-scale temple built in Japan, it is really the first proper Buddhist temple in any meaningful sense. The chapter demonstrates that all of the key figures of the period either were directly associated with the process or were believed by some to have had such an association; consequently, it is shown that the history of Asukadera is a microcosm illuminating the larger picture. The people involved include Empress Regnant Suiko (r. 593–628), Prince Stable Door (Umayado no ōji, also known as Crown Prince Saintly Virtue, Shōtoku Taishi, 574–622), and Soga no Umako (?–626), the leader of the Soga family.
Mark Padoongpatt
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520293731
- eISBN:
- 9780520966925
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520293731.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines food festivals at the Wat Thai of Los Angeles, the first and largest Thai Buddhist temple in the nation, which was established in 1979, as a window on the relationship between ...
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This chapter examines food festivals at the Wat Thai of Los Angeles, the first and largest Thai Buddhist temple in the nation, which was established in 1979, as a window on the relationship between food, race, and place in the suburbs during the 1980s. It charts Thai American suburbanization in the East San Fernando Valley near Wat Thai and traces the history of the temple, including how it evolved into a community space that became popular for its weekend food festivals. The festivals, which attracted thousands of visitors, fostered a public-oriented Thai American suburban culture that was a claim for a "right to the global city." The festivals, however, sparked complaints from a group of nearby residents, who used zoning laws to try to shut them down. The chapter contends that the residents who opposed the festivals articulated a liberal multiculturalism to maintain the white spatial imaginary of the neighborhood.Less
This chapter examines food festivals at the Wat Thai of Los Angeles, the first and largest Thai Buddhist temple in the nation, which was established in 1979, as a window on the relationship between food, race, and place in the suburbs during the 1980s. It charts Thai American suburbanization in the East San Fernando Valley near Wat Thai and traces the history of the temple, including how it evolved into a community space that became popular for its weekend food festivals. The festivals, which attracted thousands of visitors, fostered a public-oriented Thai American suburban culture that was a claim for a "right to the global city." The festivals, however, sparked complaints from a group of nearby residents, who used zoning laws to try to shut them down. The chapter contends that the residents who opposed the festivals articulated a liberal multiculturalism to maintain the white spatial imaginary of the neighborhood.
Anne Birrell
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263952
- eISBN:
- 9780191734083
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263952.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter examines British work on Chinese and Japanese studies. It explains that for a significant part of the twentieth century British sinologists have been trendsetters worldwide in the field ...
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This chapter examines British work on Chinese and Japanese studies. It explains that for a significant part of the twentieth century British sinologists have been trendsetters worldwide in the field of medieval studies. Most of the British research focused on Tun-huang studies, the Taoist canon, Buddhist temple art, Chinese landscape painting, Sung porcelain and Chinese poetry. This chapter also stresses the need to examine the concepts of gender and egalitarianism with the framework of current trends in medieval sinology.Less
This chapter examines British work on Chinese and Japanese studies. It explains that for a significant part of the twentieth century British sinologists have been trendsetters worldwide in the field of medieval studies. Most of the British research focused on Tun-huang studies, the Taoist canon, Buddhist temple art, Chinese landscape painting, Sung porcelain and Chinese poetry. This chapter also stresses the need to examine the concepts of gender and egalitarianism with the framework of current trends in medieval sinology.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This concluding chapter summarizes key themes and presents some final thoughts. It argues that the conceptualization of the Four Great Temples group was intimately related to many of the most ...
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This concluding chapter summarizes key themes and presents some final thoughts. It argues that the conceptualization of the Four Great Temples group was intimately related to many of the most significant political developments of the seventh century. In tracing this process, it is evident that Asukadera is different from the others since it was not a “royal” temple, but one founded by the powerful Soga clan; consequently, it was only later, somewhat reluctantly, included in the group. Nevertheless, it was in many respects the great temple of the seventh century, even if not initially a “great temple.” The chapter also identifies a common thread running through the process of the establishment of the Four Great Temples, as each ruler and court vowed and built a grand temple as a sign of supremacy. However, the extent to which this process was motivated by politics or personal piety is unclear.Less
This concluding chapter summarizes key themes and presents some final thoughts. It argues that the conceptualization of the Four Great Temples group was intimately related to many of the most significant political developments of the seventh century. In tracing this process, it is evident that Asukadera is different from the others since it was not a “royal” temple, but one founded by the powerful Soga clan; consequently, it was only later, somewhat reluctantly, included in the group. Nevertheless, it was in many respects the great temple of the seventh century, even if not initially a “great temple.” The chapter also identifies a common thread running through the process of the establishment of the Four Great Temples, as each ruler and court vowed and built a grand temple as a sign of supremacy. However, the extent to which this process was motivated by politics or personal piety is unclear.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kudara Ōdera. In contrast to the Soga patronage of Asukadera, a crucial significance of Kudara Ōdera is its ...
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This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kudara Ōdera. In contrast to the Soga patronage of Asukadera, a crucial significance of Kudara Ōdera is its status as the first documented instance of a royal temple, vowed by the monarch Jomei. The chapter presents a detailed discussion of the excavations at Kibi Pond, now believed by most scholars to be the site of Kudara Ōdera, the location of which was previously unknown. It presents the results of each season at Kibi Pond in considerable detail, with the goal of describing the nature of a recent archaeological project. Contrasting with the Asukadera data, which have been in the public domain for almost fifty years, that of Kudara Ōdera is very recent and generally not widely disseminated. Building on the material presented in Chapter 1, this chapter attempts to indicate some of the main refinements in excavation methodology as developed in recent years.Less
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kudara Ōdera. In contrast to the Soga patronage of Asukadera, a crucial significance of Kudara Ōdera is its status as the first documented instance of a royal temple, vowed by the monarch Jomei. The chapter presents a detailed discussion of the excavations at Kibi Pond, now believed by most scholars to be the site of Kudara Ōdera, the location of which was previously unknown. It presents the results of each season at Kibi Pond in considerable detail, with the goal of describing the nature of a recent archaeological project. Contrasting with the Asukadera data, which have been in the public domain for almost fifty years, that of Kudara Ōdera is very recent and generally not widely disseminated. Building on the material presented in Chapter 1, this chapter attempts to indicate some of the main refinements in excavation methodology as developed in recent years.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This introduction provides an overview of the four Buddhist temples discussed in this volume—Asukadera, Kudara Ōdera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji—by far the most important architectural projects of the ...
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This introduction provides an overview of the four Buddhist temples discussed in this volume—Asukadera, Kudara Ōdera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji—by far the most important architectural projects of the initial phases of Buddhism in Japan, during the seventh century (i.e. last decade of the sixth and the first decade of the eighth centuries). It analyzes two problems of the early Buddhist period that have most occupied scholars: the dating of the west compound (saiin) of “Hōryūji” and the status of the Yakushi triad and east pagoda of Heijōkyō Yakushiji. In both cases, reliance on the documentary sources and other existing data led essentially to an impasse prior to archaeological investigation. The chapter also presents a historical background prior to the Four Great Temples.Less
This introduction provides an overview of the four Buddhist temples discussed in this volume—Asukadera, Kudara Ōdera, Kawaradera, and Yakushiji—by far the most important architectural projects of the initial phases of Buddhism in Japan, during the seventh century (i.e. last decade of the sixth and the first decade of the eighth centuries). It analyzes two problems of the early Buddhist period that have most occupied scholars: the dating of the west compound (saiin) of “Hōryūji” and the status of the Yakushi triad and east pagoda of Heijōkyō Yakushiji. In both cases, reliance on the documentary sources and other existing data led essentially to an impasse prior to archaeological investigation. The chapter also presents a historical background prior to the Four Great Temples.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Yakushiji, the most well-known member of the Four Great Temples group. Three of the four temples were ...
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This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Yakushiji, the most well-known member of the Four Great Temples group. Three of the four temples were transferred from the old capital, Fujiwarakyō, to the new capital, Heijōkyō, in the early part of the Nara period. In contrast to the other two that were transferred (Asukadera and Kudara ōdera), Yakushiji retained essentially the same plan in its new location; this allows a comparison of seventh- and eighth-century manifestations of a single religious institution. Particularly important is the actual nature of the “transfer” of temples, an issue that has engaged scholars for a long time and can be especially well studied in the case of Yakushiji. The chapter attempts to elucidate key factors related to the “transfer” of the great temples from the old to the new capital as well as the manner in which Yakushiji was integrated into the first full-scale capital in Japan, Fujiwarakyō, thereby initiating a relationship between capital and temple that remained important in subsequent centuries.Less
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Yakushiji, the most well-known member of the Four Great Temples group. Three of the four temples were transferred from the old capital, Fujiwarakyō, to the new capital, Heijōkyō, in the early part of the Nara period. In contrast to the other two that were transferred (Asukadera and Kudara ōdera), Yakushiji retained essentially the same plan in its new location; this allows a comparison of seventh- and eighth-century manifestations of a single religious institution. Particularly important is the actual nature of the “transfer” of temples, an issue that has engaged scholars for a long time and can be especially well studied in the case of Yakushiji. The chapter attempts to elucidate key factors related to the “transfer” of the great temples from the old to the new capital as well as the manner in which Yakushiji was integrated into the first full-scale capital in Japan, Fujiwarakyō, thereby initiating a relationship between capital and temple that remained important in subsequent centuries.
Donald F. McCallum
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831141
- eISBN:
- 9780824869922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831141.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kawaradera. An important feature distinguishing Kawaradera from Asukadera and Kudara Ōdera is the ...
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This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kawaradera. An important feature distinguishing Kawaradera from Asukadera and Kudara Ōdera is the occurrence of related ground plans and roof tiles at temples located throughout the country. This situation relates to important developments taking place in political institutions during the third quarter of the seventh century, which are different in character from those of the first half of the century. Thus, the chapter emphasizes the impact of Kawaradera on a number of other temples, including those located around the Ōtsu capital; on Kanzeonji in Kyushu to the south-west; and on Shimotsuke Yakushiji in the Kantō region to the northeast. This analysis offers new insights into the broader situation of at least one of the Four Great Temples. Particularly important is the elucidation of historical connections between an important capital temple and a variety of other temples located in other areas.Less
This chapter discusses the history, construction, utilization, and excavation of the temple Kawaradera. An important feature distinguishing Kawaradera from Asukadera and Kudara Ōdera is the occurrence of related ground plans and roof tiles at temples located throughout the country. This situation relates to important developments taking place in political institutions during the third quarter of the seventh century, which are different in character from those of the first half of the century. Thus, the chapter emphasizes the impact of Kawaradera on a number of other temples, including those located around the Ōtsu capital; on Kanzeonji in Kyushu to the south-west; and on Shimotsuke Yakushiji in the Kantō region to the northeast. This analysis offers new insights into the broader situation of at least one of the Four Great Temples. Particularly important is the elucidation of historical connections between an important capital temple and a variety of other temples located in other areas.
Barbara R. Ambros
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824836269
- eISBN:
- 9780824871512
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824836269.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
Since the 1990s the Japanese pet industry has grown to a trillion-yen business and estimates place the number of pets above the number of children under the age of fifteen. There are between 6,000 to ...
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Since the 1990s the Japanese pet industry has grown to a trillion-yen business and estimates place the number of pets above the number of children under the age of fifteen. There are between 6,000 to 8,000 businesses in the Japanese pet funeral industry, including more than 900 pet cemeteries. Of these about 120 are operated by Buddhist temples, and Buddhist mortuary rites for pets have become an institutionalized practice. This book investigates what religious and intellectual traditions constructed animals as subjects of religious rituals and how pets have been included or excluded in the necral landscapes of contemporary Japan. Pet mortuary rites are emblems of the ongoing changes in contemporary Japanese religions. The book sheds light on important questions such as: Who (or what) counts as a family member? What kinds of practices should the state recognize as religious and thus protect financially and legally? Is it frivolous or selfish to keep, pamper, or love an animal? Should humans and pets be buried together? How do people reconcile the deeply personal grief that follows the loss of a pet and how do they imagine the afterlife of pets? And ultimately, what is the status of animals in Japan?Less
Since the 1990s the Japanese pet industry has grown to a trillion-yen business and estimates place the number of pets above the number of children under the age of fifteen. There are between 6,000 to 8,000 businesses in the Japanese pet funeral industry, including more than 900 pet cemeteries. Of these about 120 are operated by Buddhist temples, and Buddhist mortuary rites for pets have become an institutionalized practice. This book investigates what religious and intellectual traditions constructed animals as subjects of religious rituals and how pets have been included or excluded in the necral landscapes of contemporary Japan. Pet mortuary rites are emblems of the ongoing changes in contemporary Japanese religions. The book sheds light on important questions such as: Who (or what) counts as a family member? What kinds of practices should the state recognize as religious and thus protect financially and legally? Is it frivolous or selfish to keep, pamper, or love an animal? Should humans and pets be buried together? How do people reconcile the deeply personal grief that follows the loss of a pet and how do they imagine the afterlife of pets? And ultimately, what is the status of animals in Japan?
Sujit Sivasundaram (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226487267
- eISBN:
- 9780226487298
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226487298.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter examines the symbolic geography of Ceylon as a scientific site. It suggests that the scale of inquiry in Ceylon included the ways in which nineteenth-century networks of colonial ...
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This chapter examines the symbolic geography of Ceylon as a scientific site. It suggests that the scale of inquiry in Ceylon included the ways in which nineteenth-century networks of colonial understanding about that island could not be separated from questions about the physical topography of the island itself. This chapter also contends that the twin topography of Ceylon and their long-standing iconic associations were constitutive of relations between British natural history and the natural knowledge that Kandyans cultivated around Buddhist temples.Less
This chapter examines the symbolic geography of Ceylon as a scientific site. It suggests that the scale of inquiry in Ceylon included the ways in which nineteenth-century networks of colonial understanding about that island could not be separated from questions about the physical topography of the island itself. This chapter also contends that the twin topography of Ceylon and their long-standing iconic associations were constitutive of relations between British natural history and the natural knowledge that Kandyans cultivated around Buddhist temples.
