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How did Buddhism, so prominent in Japanese life for over a thousand years, become the target of severe persecution in the social and political turmoil of the early Meiji era? This title elucidates not only the development of Buddhism in the late nineteenth century but also the strategies of the Meiji state.

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Winner of the 1991 Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Finalist for the 1993 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, American Historical Association Winner of the 1992 Hiromi Arisawa Award, Association of American University Presses "Eloquent and provocative. [This] is one of only a few studies that tackle the question of traditional religions in modernizing Japan."--John Breen, Monumenta Nipponica "A superb narrative about religion in nineteenth-century Japan... One of the best books available that discusses religion in modern Japan."--William R. LaFleur, Journal of Church and State "Well-researched and insightful."--Janine A. Sawada, Journal of Asian Studies.

Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan Buddhism

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/28/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691024813, 978-0691024813
      ISBN10: 0691024812

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How did Buddhism, so prominent in Japanese life for over a thousand years, become the target of severe persecution in the social and political turmoil of the early Meiji era? This title elucidates not only the development of Buddhism in the late nineteenth century but also the strategies of the Meiji state.

      Trade Review
      Winner of the 1991 Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Finalist for the 1993 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, American Historical Association Winner of the 1992 Hiromi Arisawa Award, Association of American University Presses "Eloquent and provocative. [This] is one of only a few studies that tackle the question of traditional religions in modernizing Japan."--John Breen, Monumenta Nipponica "A superb narrative about religion in nineteenth-century Japan... One of the best books available that discusses religion in modern Japan."--William R. LaFleur, Journal of Church and State "Well-researched and insightful."--Janine A. Sawada, Journal of Asian Studies.

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