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Yōsai and the transformation of Buddhist precepts in pre-modern Japan

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Mano, Shinya·2014·School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
DOI 10.25501/soas.00018557
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Yōsai has often been considered the founder of Japanese Zen.However, this received image is beset by at least two problems.Firstly, this received image of Yōsai was in fact created approximately a hundred years after his death.And secondly, his early career as an esoteric Buddhist is not being taken into account.The aim of this study is to revisit the received view taking these two problems into account and thus provide a historical repositioning of Yōsai.The dissertation is comprised of two parts; the first examines Yōsai's life, and the second analyses his role in the context of the development of Japanese Buddhist thought and practice.These analyses succeed in presenting a new image of Yōsai and in identifying the interpretation of the esoteric precepts as Yōsai's central concern throughout his life.Further, the examination of the esoteric precepts suggests the need to reconsider our understanding of Japanese Buddhist precepts as a whole.Throughout my research I met many people who gave invaluable advice and suggestions.The conversations with Dr Mizukami Fumihiko of Tōhō Gakuin and Mr Iyanaga Nobumi of EFEO were always fruitful.Their words, based on a wide range of interdisciplinary knowledge, became a valuable admonition regarding my research method, which often tended to be too specific.In the final process of writing the dissertation, I had an opportunity to meet Professor Paul Groner of the University of Virginia, whose interests are most closely aligned with my own.Having a conversation with him on the way to an onsen was precious indeed.

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Japanese Zen Buddhism, esoteric Buddhism, Buddhist precepts, Japanese Buddhist thought, premodern Japan, history of Zen

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