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Japanese Buddhist War Support and the Kanchō System |
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| Author |
Schroeder, Jeff (著)
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.50 n.1 |
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| Date | 2023 |
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| Pages | 49 - 78 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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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 | Author Affiliation: University of Oregon, USA. |
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| Keyword | modern Buddhism; Japanese imperialism; religion and war; religious organizations; religious law |
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| Abstract | When Jōdo Shin Buddhist leaders gathered for a conference in early 1941 to formulate their sect’s wartime response, they did so at the bidding of their sect’s kanchō, or administrative head. To explain organizational dynamics that contributed to patterns of war support by Japanese Buddhists, this article details the state’s imposition of a kanchō system of governance on Buddhist organizations from 1884 to 1945. While Buddhist organizations had leeway in determining the selection process, term length, and specific powers of their kanchō, in all cases extraordinary authority was concentrated in a single individual. This article details how the kanchō system was implemented in major Zen, Jodo Shin, Jodo, Shingon, Nichiren, and Tendai organizations; examines the pro-war activities of kanchō prior to and during the Fifteen Years’ War period (1931–1945); and uses the case of the 1941 Shin Doctrinal Studies Conference to illustrate how the autocratic kanchō organizational structure amplified a sect’s most pro-war voices. |
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| Table of contents | Buddhism, War, and Organizational Dynamics 52
Establishment of the Kanchō System 55
Implementation of the Kanchō System 57
Political Activities of Kanchō 63
Organizational Dynamics of Buddhist War Support 68
references 72
abbreviations 72
primary sources 72
secondary sources 73 |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 110 |
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| Created date | 2024.03.13 |
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| Modified date | 2024.03.14 |
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