Readings in Japanese Religions: Ancient and Medieval Buddhist Texts

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Readings in Japanese Religions: Ancient and Medieval Buddhist Texts

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Sacred Texts

Course Level-Format: graduate

Instructor: Bryan Lowe

Institution: Princeton University

Course Term: Fall

Course Year: 2020

Annotation:

A 2020 course by Bryan Lowe at Princeton University" introduces Buddhist texts and genres from ancient and medieval Japan (roughly eighth through twelfth centuries). . . . with the goal of gaining familiarity with writing styles and vocabulary in diverse genres. . . . [and] to discuss broader issues including cosmology, ritual, and periodization."