The Earliest Buddhist Statues in Japan

McCallum, Donald F.

doi:10.2307/3249909

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“…For example, when statues were brought to Japan as gifts from the Korean Peninsula, there was coincidentally a plague that devastated the lives of many Japanese people. Therefore, many early Buddhist statues from China and Korea were thrown into the ocean as a way of calming the god that was punishing Japan for taking in a representation of foreign beliefs [1]. But both Prince Shotoku and Emperor Shomu insisted on learning more about the Buddhist culture.…”

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A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan

Yang

2023

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Buddhism, as a religion introduced to Japan, has gone through significant evolution as Japanese society combines it with elements that are particular to Japanese culture. Therefore, it is worth exploring how recent interpretations are different from the form of Buddhism when it was first introduced. What major changes Buddhism has undergone that make it the image nowadays in Japan would be a significant topic that is worth being pursued. The author has referred to research from scholarly articles and journals that has previously explored issues and themes related to the historical development of Buddhism in Japan. After centuries of societal evolution and progressing ideologies, Buddhism has found its way of adaption in Japan, which retains essential elements from its original doctrines while not infringing the principal qualities of traditional Japanese culture.

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A Mutual Act of Acceptance: Buddhism in Pre-modern and Post-Meiji Japan

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2023

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“…This is a difficult question indeed, but it is unlikely that a great many were produced there at that time (McCallum 2001). In the case of the monument under consideration, the date of 594 is the most likely interpretation of the cyclical characters, but this is a hypothesis; however, there is nothing about the "second year of Suiko."…”

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