A Basic Study of the Modernization of Buddhism : The case of the Shin Sect in North Kyusyu

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24617018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 文化学
• Research Institution: Nishogakusha University
• Principal Investigator: KAWABE Yutai 二松學舍大學, 文学部, その他 (10468720)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKATAMA Hidetsugu 二松学舎大学, 文学部, 客員研究員 (30445978) ; MACHI Senjuro 二松学舎大学, 文学部, 教授 (40301733) ; NAKAMURA Satoshi 玉川大学, リベラルアーツ学部, 教授 (80352722)
• Research Collaborator: NISHIE Kinshiro 国士舘大学, 政経学部, 名誉教授 ; HIROSE Sadao 公益財団法人廣瀬資料館, 理事長
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 文化学 / 仏教近代化 / 北九州（九州北部） / 真宗 / 咸宜園 / 海外布教 / 漢学 / 真宗法難事件

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we examined the modernization of Buddhism, focusing on the following aspects ;
(1)Geographical, historical, and political characteristics of the Shin sect in north Kyushu(Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto).(2) Chinese learning(Kangaku), with a focus on relations between Shin seminaries and private academies of Kangaku.(3)The anti-Christian polemics of the bakumatsu and Restoration period.(4)The significance of overseas missionary activities in cultural exchange and the modernization of Buddhism.

Free Research Field

近代日中文化交流史