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The Idea of Japanese Buddhism: History, Modernity, and the Nation-State

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H06015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field History of thought
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

KLAUTAU Orion  東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 准教授 (10634967)

Project Period (FY) 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords日本仏教 / 近代国家 / 宗教言説 / ナショナリズム / 近代仏教 / Modern Buddhism / 幕末維新期 / 日本帝国 / 修養論 / 戦後歴史学 / 思想史 / 近世仏教 / 護法論 / 排仏論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research considered, in the context of the formation of modernity, shifts in the way Buddhists understood themselves vis-a-vis their "others" (Christians, Nativist scholars, foreigners, etc.), including changes in the ways they depicted their own history. I have focused mainly on five topics -- namely changes in the understanding of Buddhism after 1853; discussions of national morality in the Meiji 20s; educational enterprises and discourses on "shuyo" during the Meiji 30s; historical writing and nationalism in the Taisho and early Showa years; and the transition of the idea of "Japanese Buddhism" into the postwar period. Besides numerous specific findings pertaining to each of the above issues separately, I was also able to provide further insight on the broader role played by "Japanese Buddhism" as a discursive device within the framework of the modern state.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Pensamento japones: Uma ideia em (re)construcao2017

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Journal Title

      Anais do XI Congresso Internacional de Estudos Japoneses no Brasil / XXIV Encontro Nacional de Professores Universitarios de Lingua, Literatura e Cultura Japonesa

      Volume: XXIV ENPULLCJ/XI CIEJB (2016)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 近代日本仏教の「前夜」―幕末維新期における護法論の射程(桐原健真と共著)2015

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Journal Title

      日本思想史学

      Volume: 47 Pages: 28-36

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Hayashi Makoto, Otani Eiichi, and Paul L. Swanson, eds. Modern Buddhism in Japan. Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2014 (Book Review)2015

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Journal Title

      宗教研究

      Volume: 383 Pages: 161-165

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Mohr, Michel. Buddhism, Unitarianism, and the Meiji Competition for Universality. Harvard University Press, 2014 (Book Review)2015

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Journal Title

      Japan Review

      Volume: 28 Pages: 249-252

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Brief History of the Idea of Religion in Modern Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
    • Place of Presentation
      Madrid, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] O desenvolvimento do conceito de religiao no Japao pos-restauracao Meiji2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      Workshop Portugal-Japao, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
    • Place of Presentation
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Replacing Persecution: Haibutsu Kishaku in Early Showa Historiography2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      2016 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Antonio, TX (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Two Truths in Modern Academia: Murakami Sensho and the Shinzoku Nitai2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      IASBS Panel Session (2016 AAR)
    • Place of Presentation
      San Antonio, TX (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Pensamento japones: Uma ideia em (re)construcao2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      XI Congresso Internacional de Estudos Japoneses no Brasil (UFAM)
    • Place of Presentation
      Manaus, AM (Brazil)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] O Conceito de Religiao no Japao Moderno: uma perspectiva historica2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      Laboratorio de Estudos da Asia, FFLCH-USP
    • Place of Presentation
      Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] In Defense of the Dharma: Buddhism and its 'Others' in Late Edo Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Organizer
      EMJN meeting (2016 AAS Annual Conference)
    • Place of Presentation
      Seattle, WA (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 村上専精と近代日本仏教2016

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Organizer
      宗教哲学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 龍温(1800-1885)の活動と近代日本仏教の形成2015

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Organizer
      日本宗教学会
    • Place of Presentation
      創価大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 鈴木岩弓編『生と死の表象』、「修養としての仏教」2017

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Publisher
      岩田書院
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 鈴木岩弓編『生老病死の宗教文化――宗教民俗学入門』、「小児往生」2017

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Publisher
      おうふう
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 佛教史学会編『仏教史研究ハンドブック』、「仏教改革運動(その1)」2017

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Total Pages
      410
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] オリオン・クラウタウ編『戦後歴史学と日本仏教』、「序文―戦後歴史学と日本仏教」2016

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Total Pages
      381
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 大谷栄一・吉永進一・近藤俊太郎編『近代仏教スタディーズ―仏教からみたもうひとつの近代』、「仏教学はどのように成立したのか?」・「東京帝国大学系―仏教学の誕生」・「仏教学の形成と展開―大学と仏教の結びつき」・「近代仏教者のポートレート」2016

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Total Pages
      289
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 『戦後歴史学と日本仏教』2016

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン編
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Emily Anderson編『Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea』、「The Question of Quintessence: Buddhism in Wartime Japanese Academia」2016

    • Author(s)
      Klautau, Orion
    • Publisher
      Palgrave MacMillan
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 末木文美士編『比較思想から見た日本仏教』、「村上専精の比較事業―近代日本仏教思想の形成をめぐる一断面」2015

    • Author(s)
      クラウタウ、オリオン
    • Total Pages
      547
    • Publisher
      山喜房佛書林
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-08-26   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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