 Religious Changes in Kamakura-Era JapanJuro Teranishi ()
Chapter 4 in Culture and Institutions in the Economic Growth of Japan, 2020, pp 121-180 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates how the internalized culture, characterized by the worldview based on others nearby, was formed in Japan in the context of cultural history from the end of the ancient age through the medieval age. The evolution of the internalized beliefs and values of Japan is examined in the interactions of two major incidents: religious reform, the birth of Kamakura new Buddhism, related to culture, and the decline of the ritsuryō (law and order) system, the centralized and nationalized economic system, related to the institution. The decline of the centralized ritsuryō economic system accelerated the marketization of the economy, and religious reform implemented in tandem with the decline of the ritsuryō system led to the simplification of practice (igyō-ka) as a method of the salvation of the masses, in order to help the struggle of the people with accelerated marketization. The enormous impact of the simplification of practice was the birth of kyūdō (true-way pursuing) behavior in the occupational and daily life of individuals. Individuals were motivated to pursue religious attainment and merits in occupational activities. Date: 2020 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stechp:978-4-431-55627-5_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55627-5_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Economic History from Springer |
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