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Book Announcement: Modern Buddhism in Japan

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Paula

Modern Buddhism in Japan edited by Hayashi Makoto, Otani Eiichi, and Paul L. Swanson. Published by Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2014 (224 pp). This is a collection of essays on the development of Buddhism in Japan in response … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Shuji Terayama: Japanese Dream

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Paula

SHUJI TERAYAMA TRANSLATION ‘Japanese Dream’ is a translation of selected essays by Shuji Terayama, the film director, poet and icon of the Japanese counter-culture. 2013 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Terayama’s death, and this may be the only example of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Shinto Studies in Prewar Japan and the West

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Paula

Bernhard Scheid, ed., with Kate Wildman Nakai Kami Ways in Nationalist Territory: Shinto Studies in Prewar Japan and the West. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2013. Publisher’s blurb: Shinto, literally the way of the kami (gods), is often regarded as Japan’s indigenous religion … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Paula

Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites. Essays in Honour of Professor Koichi Shinohara Edited by James A. Benn, Jinhua Chen, and James Robson Mosaic Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780889629097 A major collection of important essays … Continue reading →

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