In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860

by Richard Bowring

In Search of the Way is a history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period, covering the years 1582-1860. It begins with an explanation of the fate of Christianity, and proceeds to cover the changing nature of the relationship between Buddhism and secular authority, new developments in Shinto, and the growth of 'Japanese studies'. The main emphasis, however, is on the process by which Neo-Confucianism captured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198795238
• ISBN13: 9780198795230
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"