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The Vision of Modern Japanese Buddhism Reviewed form English Tests

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K18486
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
Research InstitutionOtsuma Women's University Junior College Division (2019-2022)
Tsuru University (2018)

Principal Investigator

Ohira Eiko  大妻女子大学短期大学部, 英文科, 教授 (20160616)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 佐藤 弘夫  東北大学, 文学研究科, 名誉教授 (30125570)
Project Period (FY) 2018-06-29 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords英語テクスト / 近代仏教像 / 岡倉天心 / タゴール / 大乗仏教 / 日本近代仏教 / 日印国際交流 / 日本英語文学 / 近代仏教 / 近代日本仏教
Outline of Final Research Achievements

After the Meiji Restoration, when exchanges with foreign countries became more active, a large number of English-language works introducing Japan were published by Buddhists and Buddhist scholars, which had a great impact on Western understanding of Japan. However, the significance of the publication of such a large number of English-language works has not been questioned in conventional research. This study challenges this research gap and has produced the following results.(1) Comprehensively collected 150 English texts by Buddhist scholars published from the Meiji Restoration to the prewar period, and clarified the overall picture and the historical significance of the mass publication of English texts.By comparing the results with existing research on modern Buddhism, I attempted to completely rewrite the commonly accepted image of modern Buddhism and to position Japanese Buddhism in the context of Asian Buddhism from a new perspective.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

明治維新から戦前までの期間に刊行された仏教者による英語のテクストを網羅的に収集し、その全体像を解明した。また、その成果を既存の近代仏教研究と対比することによって、東アジアを視野に入れた広い視点から通説的な近代仏教像の書き換えを試みた。
とりわけ重要な成果は、従来仏教研究の対象となっていなかった岡倉天心の独自の意義の発見である。天心はインドの文学者ラビンドラナート・タゴールとの深い知的交流を通じて、タゴールの日本文化および大乗仏教理解を深化させ、タゴールと多くの日本人仏教者たちとの知的交流を促した。それは日本における仏教改革・近代化の潮流と深く交差しながら進展し、相互に大きな影響を与えた。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (43 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 16 results,  Invited: 12 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「岡倉天心の“The white Fox”にみる密教観』2023

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Journal Title

      『都留文科大学大学院研究紀要』

      Volume: 第27集 Pages: 139-156

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 語らう死者たちの誕生ー日本列島における鎮魂の系譜2022

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      未来哲学

      Volume: 4 Pages: 43-63

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 天皇なき保守の歴史2022

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      ひらく

      Volume: 8 Pages: 87-95

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] タゴールの仏教文学と日本人仏教者たちの交差2022

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Journal Title

      都留文科大学院研究紀要

      Volume: 26 Pages: 121-134

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 神・天皇・非人ー日本列島における差別の発生と深化の構造2021

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      差別の構造と国民国家

      Volume: - Pages: 59-80

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 2.「Rabindranath Tagore と仏教―ブラフマンへの献身と仏陀の教えとの融合」2021

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Journal Title

      『都留文科大学大学院研究紀要』

      Volume: 5集 Pages: 73-87

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water: A Novel: The Widows in Subjugation, Revolt, and Jouissance”2020

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira
    • Journal Title

      The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2020 Proceedings

      Volume: 7 Pages: 56-65

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 彼岸への階梯ー『陸奥国骨寺村絵図』のコスモロジー2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      中世文学

      Volume: 65

    • NAID

      130008051038

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 祖霊は山に住むかー「日本人と神」再考2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      ひらく

      Volume: 4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] “Lafcadio Hearn’s Essays on Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist Popular Culture in Comparison with Okakura Tenshin’s The White Fox, a Dramatization of a Folktale in the Context of Higher Buddhism”2020

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira
    • Journal Title

      Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings 18

      Volume: 18 Pages: 30-42

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 日本近代仏教批判への対抗言説―岡倉天心のThe White Fox」2020

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Journal Title

      都留文科大学文学研究紀要

      Volume: 24集 Pages: 111-134

    • NAID

      40022191538

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 現人神の誕生ー近代天皇の宗教的権威2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      私の天皇論

      Volume: 単行本 Pages: 269-292

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 死者たちの語らい(チェコ語)2020

    • Author(s)
      Sato Hiroo
    • Journal Title

      Novy 0rient

      Volume: 74 Pages: 32-38

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「陸奥国骨寺村絵図」のコスモロジー2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      日本思想史研究

      Volume: 51 Pages: 3-19

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Dead Who Remain:Spirits and Changing Views of the Afterlife2019

    • Author(s)
      SATO Hiroo
    • Journal Title

      Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan

      Volume: Bloomsbury Pages: 17-28

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 仏の消えた浄土ー日蓮と近代法華仏教の距離2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      近代仏教

      Volume: 25 Pages: 38-48

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 死者たちの団欒ー彼岸で再開する人々2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Journal Title

      《生者/死者〉論

      Volume: ぺりかん社 Pages: 183-218

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Space beyond the Wall of Marabar Cave: ‘The Nirvana of Love’ in Okakura Tenshin’s Opera Manuscript”2023

    • Author(s)
      Ohira Eiko
    • Organizer
      The 3rd International Conference on Arts and Humanities (IICAH)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本宗教史という構図2023

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      林淳教授退任記念シンポジウム「日本宗教研究の展望」
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Catastrophe and Salvation in Japan: The 12th Anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake2023

    • Author(s)
      SATO Hiroo
    • Organizer
      Keynote Speech, Galala University Peace Memorial Center(Egypt)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] “Tagore’s Encounter with Mahayana Buddhism.”2022

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira
    • Organizer
      The 10th European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH 2022)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rabindranath Tagore's "Chandalika": a Buddhist Drama2022

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira
    • Organizer
      The IAFOR International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Hawaii
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 岡倉天心のThe White Fox-伝説から仏教文学へ2022

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Organizer
      西日本宗教学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Rabindranath Tagore and Mahayana Buddhism2021

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira,
    • Organizer
      Sahtya Akademi, India
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 神・仏・天皇―聖なるものの系譜2021

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      大阪大学グローバル日本学教育研究拠点・国際日本研究コンソーシアム共催ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water: A Novel: The Widows in Subjugation, Revolt, and Jouissance”2020

    • Author(s)
      Eiko Ohira
    • Organizer
      The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2020)オンライン学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 追放された神々 文明史からみる〈ポスト3・11〉2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      退渓学釜山研究院主催・退渓学国際学術大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Proliferation of Living Gods and the Birth of Sacred Tenno2020

    • Author(s)
      Hiroo Sato
    • Organizer
      The 6th Annual Hasekura International Japanese Studies Symposium Yonaoshi: Envisioning a Better World
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] “Lafcadio Hearn’s Essays on Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist Popular Culture in Comparison with Okakura Tenshin’s The White Fox, a Dramatization of a Folktale in the Context of Higher Buddhism”2020

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Organizer
      Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「賤民の娘と堕ちた修行僧の物語―Rabindranath Ragore’s Chandalika」2020

    • Author(s)
      大平栄子
    • Organizer
      西日本宗教学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Watchful Gaze of the Dead2019

    • Author(s)
      Sato Hiroo
    • Organizer
      Hasekura League Symposium(ボローニャ大学)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 彼岸への階梯ー「陸奥国骨寺村絵図」のコスモロジー2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      中世文学会2109年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Watchful Gaze of the Deadー Catastrophe and Salvation in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      SATO Hiroo
    • Organizer
      Eight Years On: Scholars’ Efforts to Reclaim Culture since the Great East Japan Earthquake (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 現人神の誕生2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      国際シンポジウム:天皇制と日本(北京日本学研究センター)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Chatting Dead: The Changing Concept of the World After Death in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Sato Hiroo
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Indonesia- Japan Scientific Forum International Symposium on Japanese Studies
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The White Fox as a Work of World Literature2019

    • Author(s)
      OHIRA Eiko
    • Organizer
      Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities2019
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 幽霊の発生ー日本のホラー文化の水脈を探る2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Organizer
      山東大学日本学研究フォーラム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Chatting Dead: The Changing Concept of the World after Death2018

    • Author(s)
      SATO Hiroo
    • Organizer
      ベネツィア大学国際シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Philosophers in Fiction Across Cultures2023

    • Author(s)
      Anway Mukhopadhyay and Saptarshi Mallick 編
    • Publisher
      Bloomsbury
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本人と神2021

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Total Pages
      266
    • Publisher
      講談社
    • ISBN
      9784065234044
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 仏教思想の展開(担当:『立正安国論』の近代ー二つの「立正安国」の論理とそのゆくえ)2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Total Pages
      823
    • Publisher
      山喜房仏書林
    • ISBN
      9784796308021
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] アマテラスの変貌(法蔵館文庫)2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Total Pages
      306
    • Publisher
      法蔵館
    • ISBN
      9784831826046
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「神国」日本2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤弘夫
    • Total Pages
      228
    • Publisher
      講談社学術文庫
    • ISBN
      9784065121269
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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