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Richard Jaffe

Professor of Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708-0964
115 Gray Bldg, Durham, NC

Selected Publications


Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Book · May 22, 2019 In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni, Richard M. Jaffe reveals the experiences of the first Japanese Buddhists who traveled to South Asia in search of Buddhist knowledge beginning in 1873. ... Cite

Religion and Japanese Empire

Journal Article Japanese Journal of Religious Studies · 2010 Cite

Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture by Elisabetta Porcu

Journal Article Journal of Japanese Studies · 2010 Cite

Review of Temple Buddhism by Steven Covell

Journal Article H-Buddhism · July 2007 Cite

Buddhist Material Culture, “Indianism,” and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Pre-War Japan

Journal Article Material Religion · November 2006 Late-nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese Buddhism was marked by a wide-ranging fascination with Buddhist origins in India. This Indian turn in Japanese Buddhist circles manifested not only in elite academic scholarship, but also in Buddhist art ... Cite

Review of Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, edited by Linda Learman

Journal Article Journal of Contemporary Religion · May 2006 Cite

Buddhist material culture, "indianism," and the construction of pan-Asian Buddhism in prewar Japan

Journal Article Material Religion · January 1, 2006 Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japanese Buddhism was marked by a wide-ranging fascination with Buddhist origins in India. This Indian turn in Japanese Buddhist circles manifested not only in elite academic scholarship, but also in Buddhist ar ... Full text Cite

Seeking Shakyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism

Journal Article Journal of Japanese Studies · 2004 The reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism in Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Japan involved not only interchanges with Europe and the United States. A central but overlooked catalyst for change was increased travel to and exchange with other Buddhists in Asia. An e ... Cite

Review of Obaku Zen

Journal Article Journal of Asian Studies · 2003 Cite

Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Book · May 22, 2019 In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni, Richard M. Jaffe reveals the experiences of the first Japanese Buddhists who traveled to South Asia in search of Buddhist knowledge beginning in 1873. ... Cite

Religion and Japanese Empire

Journal Article Japanese Journal of Religious Studies · 2010 Cite

Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture by Elisabetta Porcu

Journal Article Journal of Japanese Studies · 2010 Cite

Review of Temple Buddhism by Steven Covell

Journal Article H-Buddhism · July 2007 Cite

Buddhist Material Culture, “Indianism,” and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Pre-War Japan

Journal Article Material Religion · November 2006 Late-nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese Buddhism was marked by a wide-ranging fascination with Buddhist origins in India. This Indian turn in Japanese Buddhist circles manifested not only in elite academic scholarship, but also in Buddhist art ... Cite

Review of Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, edited by Linda Learman

Journal Article Journal of Contemporary Religion · May 2006 Cite

Buddhist material culture, "indianism," and the construction of pan-Asian Buddhism in prewar Japan

Journal Article Material Religion · January 1, 2006 Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japanese Buddhism was marked by a wide-ranging fascination with Buddhist origins in India. This Indian turn in Japanese Buddhist circles manifested not only in elite academic scholarship, but also in Buddhist ar ... Full text Cite

Seeking Shakyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism

Journal Article Journal of Japanese Studies · 2004 The reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism in Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Japan involved not only interchanges with Europe and the United States. A central but overlooked catalyst for change was increased travel to and exchange with other Buddhists in Asia. An e ... Cite

Review of Obaku Zen

Journal Article Journal of Asian Studies · 2003 Cite