In 1920, a new Buddhist organization was formed to build a bridge between the Korean and Japanese Buddhist communities in colonial Korea. With support from the colonial government, the Association of Korean Buddhism (Chōsen Bukkyōdan) created a nationwide network, publications, large-scale public events, and missionary initiatives. As this association potentially undermined the established, indigenous leadership of the Korean Buddhist community, Korean Buddhist leaders reacted by making major changes in their own institution. This article reveals that the association, rendered by the historiography of colonial Korean Buddhism as ineffective and irrelevant, served as a major catalyst in the modern transformation of Korean Buddhism.
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Abstract 339 Genesis of the Association's Formation 340 The Association Rises: The East-Asian Buddhist Conference in Tokyo, 1925 347 Korean Buddhism Responds: Korean Buddhist Monks Conference, 1929 350 Representation Undermined: The Korean Buddhist Conference 353 Representation Restored: The Pan-Asian Pacific Buddhist Youth Conference, 1930 354 The Heated Debate: Nakamura's Critique of Korean Monks 356 Korean Monks' Response to Nakamura 359 Nakamura's Riposte to Kim's Criticism 363 Construction of the Itō Hirobumi Temple, 1932: Another Challenge for Korean Buddhism 364 Conclusion 366
