Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Conventions xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: Locating Tenjiku 1
7. 1. South Asian Encounters: Kitabatake Dōryū, Shaku Kōzen, Shaku Sōen, and the First Generation of Japanese Buddhists in South Asia 20
8. 2. Kawaguchi Ekai, Globalization, and the Promotion of Lay Buddhism in Japan 73
9. 3. Following the Cotton Road: Japanese Corporate Pilgrimage to India, 1926– 1927 114
10. 4. Buddhist Material Culture, “Indianism,” and the Construction of Pan- Asian Buddhism in Twentieth- Century Japan 151
11. 5. Global Waves on Ōmura Bay: Th e English Translation of the Gedatsu dōron (Th e Path of Freedom) 210
12. 6. Deploying South Asian Buddhism 236
13. Glossary 257
14. Bibliography 275
15. Index 295