Richard Bowring

Biographic Data

ID455962
NAMERichard Bowring
GIVEN NAMESRichard
FAMILY NAMEBowring
SIGNATUREBOWRING R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan , by Edward R. Drott

    Richard BowringARTICLEJapan Forum2019

  • From Ienari to Iemochi

    Richard BowringCHAPTERIn Search of the Way2016

    This introductory chapter to Part III provides the historical background to the period 1786–1860. The dominant figure at the outset was Matsudaira Sadanobu, who did what he could to effect serious economic reforms but failed because the root cause, samurai indebtedness and a continued belief that agrarianism was central while mercantilism was suspect, was never faced up to. In the end he was chiefly known for the deleterious effect of his conserv…

  • In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860

    Richard BowringBOOKIn Search of the Way2016

    A history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1582-1860), this volume deals with social, cultural, and religious interplay, primarily focusing on the Neo-Confucian search for the Way, a pattern of existence that could provide order for society at large, as well as self-fulfilment for the individual

  • The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions

    James Baskind, Richard BowringBOOKThe Myōtei Dialogues2016Cited by: 1

    The Myōtei Dialogues is the first complete English translation one of the most important works of early Japanese Christianity. Fukansai Habian's Myōtei mondō (1605) presents a sharp critique of the three main Japanese traditions, Buddhism, Shintō, and Confucianism, followed by an explanation of the main tenets of Christianity specifically aimed at a Japanese audience. Written by a convert, it is of importance not merely because it shows us how th…

  • Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts. by Haruo Shirane (review)

    Richard BowringARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies2013

    Reviewed by: Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts. by Haruo Shirane Richard Bowring (bio) Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts. By Haruo Shirane. Columbia University Press, New York, 2012. xxi, 311 pages. $29.50, cloth; $24.00, paper. In one of the encomia on the back jacket of this book, Kate Nakai writes that “‘sensitivity to nature’ is one of those commonplaces about…

  • Religions of Japan in Practice

    Richard Bowring, George J TanabeARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies2000

  • Preparing for the Pure Land in late tenth-century Japan

    Open AccessRichard BowringARTICLEJapanese Journal of Religious…1998

    Devotion to Amida during the Nara period was only sporadic and it was not until the mid-Heian that his cult became firmly established and linked to the idea of salvation for the individual. This somewhat late arrival is due to the fact that Amidism in Japan did not emerge directly from Amidism in China but rather indirectly via the use of Amida as an object of meditation by Tendai monks. Considerable light can be thrown on the early development o…

  • The Diary of Lady Murasaki

    Murasaki Shikibu, Lady Murasaki et al.BOOKDiary of Lady Murasaki1996

  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan

    John Sargent, Richard Bowring et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1995

    Preface Notes to the reader Glossary and abbreviations 1. Periods in Japanese and Chinese history 2. Geography 3. History 4. Language and literature 5. Thought and religion 6. Arts and crafts 7. Society 8. Politics 9.

  • Paragons of the Ordinary: The Biographical Literature of Mori Ogai

    Richard Bowring, Marvin MarcusARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1994

    Paragons of the Ordinary is about a quite extraordinary literary achievement: a series of biographies of obscure scholar-literati written by Mori Ogai, one of Japan's most prominent writers and intellectuals. Deeply concerned about the cultural toll taken by Japan's headlong modernization early in this century, Ogai employed the format of newspaper serialization in presenting meticulously researched accounts of individuals who had come to embody …

  • The Ise monogatari: A Short Cultural History

    Richard BowringARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1992

  • Tales of Genji

    Marian Ury, Norma Field et al.ARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1991

  • The Pleasure of Reading the Genji

    Janet Goff, Norma Field et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1991

  • Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

    Roy Andrew Miller, Richard BowringARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1990

  • Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

    Robert Backus, Richard BowringARTICLEThe Journal of the Association of…1989

    Preface Genji chapter titles Genealogical chart Part I. The Cultural Background: 1. Politics 2. Murasaki Shikibu 3. Religion 4. Language 5. A grammar of sexual relations 6. History and fiction Part II. The Tale of Genji: 7. Sexual politics (chapters 1-12) 8. Penance and restitution (chapters 12-21) 9. A prospect of flowers (chapters 22-33) 10. Dangerous obsessions (chapters 34-41) 11. A passion for self-destruction (chapters 42-54) Part III. Lang…

  • Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

    Lynne Miyake, Richard BowringARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1989

  • Nihongo: In Defence of Japanese

    Richard Bowring, Roy Andrew MillerARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1987

  • Woman in the Crested Kimono: The Life of Shibue Io and her Family Drawn from Mori Ōgai's ‘Shibue Chūsai’. By Edwin McClellan. Yale U.P.: New Haven, 1985

    Open AccessRichard BowringARTICLEModern Asian Studies1986

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  • Shikitei Sanba and the Comic Tradition in Edo Fiction

    Richard Bowring, Robert W LeutnerARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1986

  • Style and Point of View in the Kagero Nikki

    Watanabe Minoru, Minoru Watanabe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1984

  • The Real Murasaki

    Marian Ury, Murasaki Shikibu et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1983

  • Ukifune: Love in The Tale of Genji

    Richard Bowring, Andrew Pekarik et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1983

  • Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs

    Edward Seidensticker, Richard BowringARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1983

  • The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Daibu

    Richard Bowring, Phillip Tudor HarriesARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1981

  • Mori Ogai. The State of the Field

    Yoshiyuki Nakai, Mori Ōgai et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1980