TY - BOOK ID - 136396182 TI - A history of Japanese Buddhism PY - 2007 SN - 1281371742 9786611371746 9004213317 9789004213319 9781281371744 6611371745 9781905246410 1905246412 1905246595 9781905246595 PB - Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, DB - UniCat KW - Buddhist monasticism and religious orders KW - Buddhism KW - Buddhist monks KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136396182 AB - This first major study in English on Japanese Buddhism by one of Japan’s most distinguished scholars in the field of Religious Studies is to be widely welcomed.The main focus of the work is on the tradition of the monk ( o-bo-san ) as the main agent of Buddhism, together with the historical processes by which monks have developed Japanese Buddhism as it appears in the present day. ER -