The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion

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ID19138272
AuthorsBernhard Scheid (0000-0002-5737-0948), Mark Teeuwen (0009-0007-1126-3147, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Year2014
Pages398
Publication date2014-03-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCulture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203966990
OpenAlexW1588164793
ISBN9780203966990
Open LibraryOL53877551M
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Ronald M. Davidson is a contributing author, "The Problem of Secrecy in Indian Tantric Buddhism", pp. 60-77. The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion, as well as analyzing the decline of religious esotericism in Japan. The essays in this impressive work refer to Esoteric Buddhism as the core of Japan’s "culture of secrecy". Esoteric Buddhism developed in almost all Buddhist countries of Asia, but it was of particular importance in Japan where its impact went far beyond the borders of Buddhism, also affecting Shinto as well as non-religious forms of discourse. The contributors focus on the impact of Esoteric Buddhism on Japanese culture, and also include comparative chapters on India and China. Whilst concentrating on the Japanese medieval period, this book will give readers familiar with present day Japan, many explanations for the still visible remnants of Japan’s medieval culture of secrecy

Political science · Secrecy · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · civilization · Japan · Tantric buddhism

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