The history of Buddhist cuisine fucha ryōri: from Ōbaku Zen monk cuisine to modern days [PDF]
The article analyzes the Buddhist vegetarian cuisine of the Ōbaku Zen school called fucha ryōri and its history in Japan from its inception in Nagasaki with Chinese monks to the present day.
A. P. Lugavtsova
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This article examines the history of the formation of the Ōbaku Zen sect and the role that the so-called “Ōbaku monks” played in this process. The Ōbaku sect is the third school of Japanese Zen Buddhism, which appeared in Japan during the Edo period ...
A. P. Lugavtsova
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Ōbaku Zen portrait painting as part of the chinzō tradition of Buddhist art
The article examines the Ōbaku Zen portrait painting, which is an essential part of the cultural heritage of the sect, and its relation to the tradition of the Buddhist portrait called chinzō.
A. P. Lugavtsova
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Japanese Monks and Chinese Books: Glimpses of Buddhist Sinology in Early Tokugawa Japan
In the17th and 18th centuries, just as English scholars were reading and writing about their heritage in the continental prestige language of Latin, so too were Japanese members of the Buddhist clergy researching and publishing about the Chinese language
Timothy H. Barrett
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Chapter Japanese shōjin ryōri: the green competition from Buddhist temples to TV shows [PDF]
Registered in 2013 by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as Intangible Cultural Heritage, washoku, the “traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese,” includes the so-called shōjin ryōri, an expression dated to ...
GHIDINI, Chiara
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Prevalence of IgG4‐Related Disease in Japan Based on Nationwide Survey in 2009
The number of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis who visited hospitals in Japan in 2007 was approximately 2709 (95% confidence interval; range 2540–3040). Because IgG4‐related disease is a new clinical entity, there are no data with regard to its prevalence.
Kazushige Uchida +4 more
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An Alternative Approach to Atopic Dermatitis: Part I—Case‐Series Presentation
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a complex disease of obscure pathogenesis. A substantial portion of AD patients treated with conventional therapy become intractable after several cycles of recurrence. Over the last 20 years we have developed an alternative approach to treat many of these patients by diet and Kampo herbal medicine. However, as our approach is
Hiromi Kobayashi +4 more
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An Alternative Approach to Atopic Dermatitis: Part II—Summary of Cases and Discussion
In the first part of this Review, we presented case‐series where Kampo treatment was introduced for those atopic dermatitis (AD) patients who had failed with conventional therapy, in an attempt to prove that there exists a definite subgroup of AD patients for whom Kampo treatment is effective.
Hiromi Kobayashi +4 more
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The Art of Tea is often considered to see its most natural expression in Rinzai Zen Buddhism, and most research on the religious meaning of Japanese Tea has regarded Zen as its ultimate reference.
RÜSCH, Markus
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Diesseits des Jenseits: Transformationen buddhistischer Bestattungs- und Trauerkultur im gegenwärtigen Japan [PDF]
Wie gestaltet sich die Rezeption und Konstruktion buddhistischer Praktiken, Familienbilder und Sozialordnungen vor dem Hintergrund der Professionalisierung des Umgangs mit dem Tod im gegenwärtigen Japan?
Graf, Tim
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