INTRODUCTION 157 1. A VISION OF UNITY-JOSEPH KITAGAWA'S APPROACH TO THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS AND JAPANESE RELIGION 158 A KITAGAWA'S VISION OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS 159 B. KITAGAWA'S VISION OF "JAPANESE RELIGION" 161 2. CRITICS OF KITAGAWA'S VISION OF JAPANESE RELIGIOUS HISTORY 165 A. CRlTIQUES OF KITAGAWA'S SINGULARITY THESIS OF JAPANESE RELIGION 165 B. CRITIQUES OF KITAGAWA'S LACK OF ANALYTICAL THEORY IN HIS VISION OF JAPANESE RELIGION 169 3. "A PAST OF THINGS PRESENT": SOME ACCOUNTS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE DURING THE SEVENTH CENTURY 172 A. "A PAST OF THINGS PRESENT": KITAGAWA'S VISION 172 B. SOME ACCOUNTS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE DURING THE SEVENTH CENTURY 174 C. HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS OF THE IDEAS OF ŌBŌ-BUPPŌ, SHIN-BUTSU-SHŪGŌ,AND HONJI-SUIJAKU 176 D. TRANSFORMATION OF THE IDEA OF ŌBŌ-BUPPŌ AND THE TOKUNAGA SYNTHESIS 180 CONCLUSION 182
