2. "A Past of Things Present": Notes on Major Motifs of Early Japanese Religions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Publishing History xxiii
5. Chronology of Japanese Religion xxv
6. PART I Prehistory
7. 1. Prehistoric Background of Japanese Religion 1
8. PART II Historic Development of Japanese Religion
9. 2. "A Past of Things Present": Notes on Major Motifs of Early Japanese Religions 43
10. 3. Some Remarks on the Study of Sacred Texts 59
11. 4. Stages of the Japanese "Religious Universe" 69
12. 5. Monarchy and Government: Traditions and Ideologies in Pre-Modern Japan 83
13. 6. The Shadow of the Sun: A Glimpse of the Fujiwara and the Imperial Families in Japan 98
14. 7. Matsuri and Matsuri-goto: Religion and State in Early Japan 117
15. 8. Three Types of Pilgrimage in Japan 127
16. PART III Shinto Tradition
17. 9. Shinto 139
18. PART IV Buddhist Tradition
19. 10. The Samgha and the Ecclesia 177
20. 11. Master and Saviour 182
21. 12. The Buddhist Transformation in Japan 203
22. 13. Buddhist Translation in Japan 220
23. 14. The Career of Maitreya, with Special Reference to Japan 233
24. 15. Paradigm Change in Japanese Buddhism 250
25. PART V The Modern Phase of the Japanese Religious Tradition
26. 16. The Religious Ethos of Present-Day Japan 273
27. 17. Some Reflections on Foreign Scholars' Understanding of Japanese Culture and Shinto 286
28. 18. Buddhism and Modern Japanese Thought 297
29. Appendix: Buddhism in America 311
30. Glossary 329
31. Index 339