Gagaku, the ceremonial music of the imperial court, Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in Japan,...

This is a cross-cultural study of the multifaceted relations between Buddhism, its materiality, a...

Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this H...

One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-westernsemiotic system. This ...

This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the combinatory tradition that dominated premo...

This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence o...

This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the combinatory tradition that dominated premo...

Explores how Buddhism is spreading due to globalized capitalism and how capitalism is shaping Bud...

This innovative book shows that throughout its history, contrary to received assumptions, Buddhis...

In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by c...