Five Mountains
The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan
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- Paperback
399 pages
- Release Date
6 January 1996
Summary
In Japan today, Zen monastic life is practiced substantially as it was practiced in medieval Japan or Sung dynasty China. More than twenty-one thousand Zen temples are active. This book examines the Zen monastery as a major institution in medieval Japanese society. Focusing on the Five Mountains network of officially sponsored Zen monasteries, it describes the transmission of Rinzai and Soto Zen to Japan, traces the patterns of secular patronage, and discusses in detail the Zen monastic en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674304987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674304985 |
| Author: | Martin Collcutt |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Imprint: | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 399 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 626g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
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Critics 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.
Five Mountains is a fine piece of historical writing and one of the richest sources now available in English for information on Japan’s 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 *
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 *
Martin Collcutt
Martin Collcutt is Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University.
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