Abstract

The arrival of Buddhism significantly opened up Japanese culture not only in thought but also in various fields such as temple architecture, Buddhist art, and Buddhist literature. Buddhist events such as Obon and Higan continue to be inherited uninterruptedly as annual events in many sects. We explore the depths of the development of Buddhism from its introduction, which laid the foundation of Japanese Buddhism, to the Heian Insei period when Japanese Buddhism was formed.

Author’s Information

Fumihiko Sueki
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1949. He graduated from the Department of Indian Philosophy in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo and completed the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences at the same university. He holds a Doctorate in Literature from the University of Tokyo. After serving as a professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tokyo, he is now a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies. His specialty is Buddhist Studies and Japanese intellectual history. His major works include "History of Japanese Buddhism - An Approach as Intellectual History", "The Formation of Kamakura Buddhism - From the Standpoint of Intellectual History", and "Japanese Religious History". He has written numerous articles, co-authored and edited many books.