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Buddhism and Modernity - Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan (Paperback)
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Buddhism and Modernity - Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan (Paperback)
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Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of
modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist
institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics
of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face
multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern Japanese
society in numerous ways. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from
Nineteenth-Century Japan makes accessible the voices of Japanese
Buddhists during the early phase of high modernity. The volume
offers original translations of key texts-many available for the
first time in English-by central actors in Japan's transition to
the modern era, including the works of Inoue Enry?i, Gessh?i, Hara
Tanzan, Shimaji Mokurai, Kiyozawa Manshi, Murakami Sensh?i, Tanaka
Chigaku, and Shaku S?ien. All of these writers are well recognized
by Buddhist studies scholars and Japanese historians but have drawn
little attention elsewhere; this stands in marked contrast to the
reception of Japanese Buddhism since D. T. Suzuki, the towering
figure of Japanese Zen in the first half of the twentieth century.
The present book fills the chronological gap between the premodern
era and the twentieth century by focusing on the crucial transition
period of the nineteenth century. Issues central to the interaction
of Japanese Buddhism with modernity inform the five major parts of
the work: sectarian reform, the nation, science and philosophy,
social reform, and Japan and Asia. Throughout the chapters, the
globally entangled dimension-both in relation to the West,
especially the direct and indirect impact of Christianity, and to
Buddhist Asia-is of great importance. The Introduction emphasizes
not only how Japanese Buddhism was part of a broader, globally
shared reaction of religions to the specific challenges of
modernity, but also goes into great detail in laying out the
specifics of the Japanese case.
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