Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan by Martin

Description: Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan by Martin Collcutt This work provides a history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work provides a history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan. Author Biography Martin Collcutt is Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University. Table of Contents Part 1 The development of the institution: Japanese Zen pioneers and their patrons - stages of acculturation, motives of Japanese Zen pioneers, Eisai and the Kamakura Shogunate, Enni and Kujo Michiie, Shinchi and the ideal of the recluse, Dogen and his patrons; Chinese emigre monks and Japanese warrior-rulers - Hojo patronage, Hojo Tokiyori and Lan-chi Tao-lung, Hojo Tokiyori and Wu-an Pu-ning, Hojo Tokimunes patronage of Zen, Hojo Tokimune and Wu-hsuch Tsu-yuan, Hojo Sadatoki and I-shan I-ning, Hojo Takatokis patronage of Zen, the Zen contribution to warrior culture, provincial diffusion of Zen, imperial patronage of Zen; the articulation of the Gozan system - Go-Daigo and Muso, reorganization of the Gozan, Go-Daigos motives, Ashikaga patronage of Zen, Takauji and Tadayoshi, the building of Tenryuji and Ashikaga power, Ankokuji and Rishoto, Gozan, Jissatsu, and Shozan, regional distribution, centralization and control of the Gozan by the Ashikaga, the Tenka Soroku and the Inryoshoku, Zenith and the decline, the emergence of Daitokuji and Myoshinji. Part 2 The structure of the institution: The Zen monastic life and rule - the development of the rule, the problem of the Pai-chang code, the Chan-men regulations and the Chan-yuan code, introduction of the Chan monastic rule to Japan, the Rinsenji code, Bakufu regulation of the Gozan; the monasteries and its sub-temples - transmission of the ground plan, the setting, the layout, gates, the Buddha hall, the Dharma hall, the Abbots building, the bathhouse, latrines, and washstands, the monks hall, the reading room, the kitchen-office; the community - population, the abbot, the officers, acolytes, postulants and novices; the Zen monastic economy - Chan communities in China, Japan: Zen monastic domains, the Engakuji economy, the Nanzenji economy, the Daitokuji economy, management of the Zen monastic domain. Review This book should be read widely by students of history, Buddhism, and history of religions for its fascinating contents as well as its methodological astuteness.--American Historical Review This study...explores many areas of Japanese monastic life not thoroughly examined before by Western scholars...[A] rich and competent study of major significance.--Journal of the American Academy of Religion Five Mountains is a fine piece of historical writing and one of the richest sources now available in English for information on Japans medieval age...Martin Collcutt deserves much praise for this book. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature in English on medieval Japan.--Monumenta Nipponica Review Quote This study...explores many areas of Japanese monastic life not thoroughly examined before by Western scholars...[A] rich and competent study of major significance. Details ISBN0674304985 Author Martin Collcutt Short Title 5 MOUNTAINS Publisher Harvard University Asia Center Language English ISBN-10 0674304985 ISBN-13 9780674304987 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1995 Publication Date 1995-11-30 Pages 430 Series Harvard East Asian Monographs Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States DEWEY 952.02 Illustrations glossary, bibliography, index Birth 1939 Series Number 85 DOI 10.1604/9780674304987 UK Release Date 1996-01-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161734735;

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