Aktuelles27. Juni 2023|JapanMaking the Buddhist World: Encounter, Networks, and Colonialism in the Japanese Reception of Sri Lankan Buddhism, 1872–1894Foto: S. LichaIn recent scholarship, the formation of the "Asian world religion Buddhism" has commonly been studied as having occurred in a discursive space...21. Juni 2023|JapanThe Cinema of Tanaka Kinuyo: (De)constructing the figure of the ‘female director’ in JapanFoto: Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial HallIn the early 1950s, Tanaka Kinuyo, one of Japan’s most beloved stars, shook the industry by turning to film direction at the age of 43. Tanaka went on...6. Juni 2023|VeranstaltungRags to Riches: Preaching to the Poor in Ancient JapanFoto: Tôdaiji fujumon, B. LoweStandard accounts claim that Buddhism in the eighth and ninth centuries was limited to courtly and aristocratic circles, only becoming popular in...Zum Archiv
