An incisive observation of the traumas of loss and marginalization brought to the surface by the 2011 Tōhoku Disaster
An intimate and insightful look into the life of a head Sōtō Zen temple in 21st century Japan
Provides new translations and sensitive readings of the devotional Buddhist poems of Senshi, the Great Kamo Priestess of the Heian period
The first comprehensive English translation of a foundational work on Japanese asceticism and folk religion
A detailed analysis of the structure of nineteenth-century Japanese religious institutions
Argues that Christianity played a critical role in the development of modern Japan
Challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary in medieval Japan
A moving portrait of a wandering poet-monk in medieval Japan.
Provides fresh translations and readings of a small, coherent subgroup of short stories that describe how people were inspired to religious commitment