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.
