Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan
ISBN: 9781684172177
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Harvard University Asia Center
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders Zen -- Japan; Monastic and religous life (Zen Buddhism) -- Japan;

This work provides an in-depth history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan. Contents include chapters on Japanese zen pioneers and their patrons; Chinese émigré monks and Japanese warrior rullers; the gozan system; Zen monastic life and rules; the monastery and its subtemples; and the Zen monastic economy. Includes a foreword by Edwin Reischauer.


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