Richard Jaffe

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