Yukiyo Kasai
Biographic Data
| ID | 5645402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yukiyo Kasai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yukiyo |
| FAMILY NAME | Kasai |
| SIGNATURE | KASAI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ruhr University Bochum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5263-3916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The afterlife in Uyghur Buddhism – judgement and hell
The Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking nomadic tribe, migrated to the Turfan region in the second half of the ninth century. In their new homeland, they underwent a gradual and unique religious transition. Originally adherents of Manichaeism, they converted to Buddhism. This change was influenced by their interactions with Buddhists under Uyghur rule and in the surrounding areas. As a result of this transition, the Uyghurs are likely to have experienced …
Manichaeism and Buddhism in Contact
The exchanges between Manichaeism and Buddhism are one of the most-discussed topics in the religious study of Central Asia. Old Uyghur materials are often used in these discussions because the Uyghurs experienced the religious shift from Manichaeism to Buddhism. The sources attest that Manichaean and Buddhist communities co-existed under Uyghur rule, although the period of co-existence was limited. Thus, the texts produced in that period could sh…
Buddhism in Central Asia III
Dynamics, Stability & Tradition
Various religions were transmitted through the Silk Roads, a famous system of trade routes. For this transmission, the Iranian speakers played a vital role. They travelled on the Silk Roads, migrating and establishing colonies alongside their trade networks and leading to the geographical expansion of their activity fields. Because of their vast activities, some Iranian languages are counted as a lingua franca, or the shared language for communic…
Buddhism in Central Asia II
The ERC-funded research project BuddhistRoad aims to create a new framework to enable understanding of the complexities in the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer in pre-modern Eastern Central Asia. Buddhism was one major factor in this exchange: for the first time the multi-layered relationships between the trans-regional Buddhist traditions (Chinese, Indian, Tibetan) and those based on local Buddhist cultures (Khotanese, Uyghu…
Buddhism in Central Asia II
The ERC-funded research project BuddhistRoad aims to create a new framework to enable understanding of the complexities in the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer in pre-modern Eastern Central Asia. Buddhism was one major factor in this exchange: for the first time the multi-layered relationships between the trans-regional Buddhist traditions (Chinese, Indian, Tibetan) and those based on local Buddhist cultures (Khotanese, Uyghu…
Manichaeism and Buddhism in Contact
The exchanges between Manichaeism and Buddhism are one of the most-discussed topics in the religious study of Central Asia. Old Uyghur materials are often used in these discussions because the Uyghurs experienced the religious shift from Manichaeism to Buddhism. The sources attest that Manichaean and Buddhist communities co-existed under Uyghur rule, although the period of co-existence was limited. Thus, the texts produced in that period could sh…
Buddhism in Central Asia III
Buddhism in Central Asia II
The ERC-funded research project BuddhistRoad aims to create a new framework to enable understanding of the complexities in the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer in pre-modern Eastern Central Asia. Buddhism was one major factor in this exchange: for the first time the multi-layered relationships between the trans-regional Buddhist traditions (Chinese, Indian, Tibetan) and those based on local Buddhist cultures (Khotanese, Uyghu…
Dynamics, Stability & Tradition
Various religions were transmitted through the Silk Roads, a famous system of trade routes. For this transmission, the Iranian speakers played a vital role. They travelled on the Silk Roads, migrating and establishing colonies alongside their trade networks and leading to the geographical expansion of their activity fields. Because of their vast activities, some Iranian languages are counted as a lingua franca, or the shared language for communic…
Manichaeism and Buddhism in Contact
The exchanges between Manichaeism and Buddhism are one of the most-discussed topics in the religious study of Central Asia. Old Uyghur materials are often used in these discussions because the Uyghurs experienced the religious shift from Manichaeism to Buddhism. The sources attest that Manichaean and Buddhist communities co-existed under Uyghur rule, although the period of co-existence was limited. Thus, the texts produced in that period could sh…
Buddhism in Central Asia III
The afterlife in Uyghur Buddhism – judgement and hell
The Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking nomadic tribe, migrated to the Turfan region in the second half of the ninth century. In their new homeland, they underwent a gradual and unique religious transition. Originally adherents of Manichaeism, they converted to Buddhism. This change was influenced by their interactions with Buddhists under Uyghur rule and in the surrounding areas. As a result of this transition, the Uyghurs are likely to have experienced …
Buddhism (5 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Central asia (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (2 works)