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The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea: Sōma Shōei's Zen Training with Korean Masters |
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Kim, Hwan-soo
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.36 n.1 |
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| Date | 2009 |
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| Pages | 125 - 165 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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| Publisher Url |
http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 2009 Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture.
Hwansoo Kim is Assistant Professor in the Religion Department and the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. |
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| Keyword | Sōma Shōei; colonialism; Korea; unsui; monasticism; Chōsen bukkyō; Abe Mitsuie; Takahashi Tōru; Pang Hanam |
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| Abstract | The Japanese Buddhist view of Korean Buddhism from 1877 to 1945 abounded
with colonialist and imperialistic rhetoric. Japanese Buddhist missionaries
declared that Korean Buddhism should be reformed and revitalized under
their guidance. With this mindset, most Japanese Buddhists in colonial Korea
did not find much in Korean Buddhism that was useful or worth learning
about—a paternalistic approach that Korean monks found off-putting and
that therefore undermined potential cooperation. This paper introduces an
unusual Japanese priest who spent six years practicing Sŏn (Jp. Zen) in Korean
monasteries. Sōma Shōei’s identity as an unsui (itinerant monk)—a monastic
class shared across the Buddhisms of East Asia—enabled him to develop
friendships with Korean Sŏn masters and fellow practitioners, relationships
that were framed less by colonialist or nationalist discourse than by respect,
empathy, and sincerity. This article presents Sōma’s firsthand experience with
Korean monasticism based on essays he wrote for a Japanese Buddhist journal.
Sōma’s case reveals how religious identity operates within and also beyond the
colonial context. Sōma’s exceptionalism also provides a contrast to the views of
his colleagues, which helps reveal greater complexity in the ways that Japanese
Buddhists thought about Korean Buddhism. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1283 |
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| Created date | 2009.07.07 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.07 |
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