Hara Tanzan, Yoshitani Kakuju, and the academization of Buddhist studies

Abstract This essay explores how Japanese Buddhist Studies as an academic discipline emerged from its pre-modern scholastic heritage. It focuses on the Zen monk Hara Tanzan (1819-1892) and the Jōdo shinshū cleric Yoshitani Kakuju (1843-1923), the first two lecturers on Buddhism at Tokyo University...

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Main Author: Licha, Stephan (Author)
Format: Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Learning from the West, learning from the East
Year: 2023, Pages: 126-152
DOI:10.1163/9789004681071_005
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