"Death and Buddhism in the Middle Ages: From the Standpoint of the Model of 'Official Monks' and 'Reclusive Monks,'" Kenji Matsuo - CJS Noon Lecture
November 12, 2009
12:00PM - 01:00PM,
Room 1636, School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor
Host Department: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)
Free and Open to the Public.
Further Information
This lecture looks at the relationship between monks and funerals in medieval Japan. Japanese Buddhism is often called "funeral Buddhism" since the main function of monks in contemporary Japan is to conduct funerals. However, Japanese monks did not engage in the funeral practice before the Kamakura period. In this lecture, the speaker will discuss the reason why Japanese monks began to conduct funerals during the Middle Ages.
Kenji Matsuo is Professor of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies at Yamagata University. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Tokyo in 1994 in Japanese Buddhism.
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