Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution
By (Author) James Edward Ketelaar
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
8th June 1993
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Political oppression and persecution
294.30952
Winner of Hiromi Arisawa Memorial Award 1992
Physical Properties
Paperback
299
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
425g
Description
How did Buddhism, so prominent in Japanese life for over a thousand years, become the target of severe persecution in the social and political turmoil of the early Meiji era
Reviews
Winner of the 1991 Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Finalist for the 1993 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, American Historical Association Winner of the 1992 Hiromi Arisawa Award, Association of American University Presses "Eloquent and provocative. [This] is one of only a few studies that tackle the question of traditional religions in modernizing Japan."--John Breen, Monumenta Nipponica "A superb narrative about religion in nineteenth-century Japan... One of the best books available that discusses religion in modern Japan."--William R. LaFleur, Journal of Church and State "Well-researched and insightful."--Janine A. Sawada, Journal of Asian Studies.
Author Bio
James Edward Ketelaar is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan was a finalist for the Hiromi Arisawa Prize Award given by the American Association of University Presses.
