Shinto and Buddhism in Japan 3600-SBJ-OG

The doctrine of Shintō and Buddhism will be presented during the lecture. Syncretism of Buddhism and Shintō is an important example of religious tolerance in Japan and it will be confronted with some intolerant attitudes such as the persecution of Christianity in the 16th-17th century as well as Buddhism at the beginning of the Meiji era.
The most important Buddhist, concepts will be defined. The doctrine of esoteric Buddhism (Tendai school and Shingon school) and schools of Amidism and Zen will be presented. Special attention will be paid to the influence of Zen on Japanese aesthetics.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom
Remote learning

Prerequisites (description)

The same with all preliminary subjects consequent of passing the Secondary School Certificate Examination

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
- knows and understands basic philosophical trends and terms as well as the role of philosophical reflection in culture shaping processes [K_W03]
- has detailed and organized knowledge of philosophy and religion of Japan [K_W07]
- can name and characterize basic cultural phenomena of Japan [K_W10]
- knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of local traditions in Japan
[K_W19]

Skills
- can indicate sources of cultural differences between the countries of the Orient [K_U02]
- can use the basic terminology from the domain of philosophy and religion of Japan [K_U03]
- can indicate most important intellectual problems, dilemmas, aesthetic preferences taking shape inside the culture of Japan [K_U10]
- can interpret key terms from the culture of Japan through linguistic/philological analysis [K_U15]
- can properly function in the linguistic and cultural environment of Japan [K_U17]
- has a skill in presenting detailed aspects within the scope of cultural issues of Japan in Polish and in Japanese languages taking into consideration the intellectual tradition of Japan [K_U21

Social competences
- understands the need to learn all one’s life [K_K01]
- can set appropriate goals and ways to achieve them in the context of academic, professional, and social activity [K_K04]
- has awareness of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional, and historical roots and its significance for understanding the modern world [K_K05]
- sees the need for dialogue between cultures [K_K06]
- is aware of the significance the culture of Japan has for the culture of the world [K_K07]
- acts in aid of sharing and promoting the cultural and linguistic heritage of Japan [K_K08]
- perceives the positive socio-cultural values of Japan and possibility to use them in their own personal development and effective intercultural communication [K_K09]

Assessment criteria

Written examination – single-choice test 100%
Required presence, a student can be absent only twice without a doctor’s certificate.

Practical placement

None

Bibliography

Casal U.A., „The Goblin fox and the Badger and Other Witch Animals of Japan” z Folklore Studies vol. 18 (1959)
Ellwood Robert,The Saigu: Princess and Priestess (History of religions )The University of Chicago Press, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1967
Harada Violet H., The Badger In Japanese Folklore”, “Asian Folklore Studies” vol. 35 nr.1, 1973
Hatta Yukio, Kamigami to hotoke no sekai (Bogowie i istoty oświecone), Hirakawa Shuppansha, Tōkyō 1991
Hori Ichiro, Folk religion in Japan: continuity and change, The University of Chicago Press 1968
Hori Ichirō, Folk Religion in Japan, University of Tokyo Press, Tokio 1968
Itō Mikiharu, „Evolution of the Concept of Kami”, Kami. Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion, red. Inoue Nobutaka, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University, Tokyo 1998

Kelsey W. Michael, „The Raging Deity in Japanese Mythology”, „Asian Folklore Studies”, nr 40/2, Nanzan University, Nagoya 1981
Kitagawa Joseph M., Religion in Japanese History, Columbia University Press, New York and London 1966
Klaus Antoni, „Yasukuni-Jinja and Folk Religion: The Problem of Vengeful Spirits”, „Asian Folklore Studies”, nr 47/1, Nanzan University, Nagoya 1988

Kitagawa Joseph, Religion in Japanese History, Columbia University Press, New York 1966
Mitford A.B., Tales of Old Japan Wordsworth Editions, The Folklore Society, Hertforsdshire, London 2000
Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from Earliest times to A.D 697 (w tłumaczeniu W.G Aston) Vermont, Tokyo 1972
Ouwehand Cornelius, „Some notes on god Susa-no-o” z „Monumenta Japonia”, vol.14 nr.3/4, 1958/1959
Plutschow Herbert, Matsuri – the Festivals of Japan, Routledge, Avon 1996
Ponsonby-Fane Richard, The Vicissitudes of Shinto, The Ponsonby Memorial Society, Kyōto 1963
Shintō in History. Ways of the Kami, John Breen, Mark Teeuwen (red), Curzon Press, Richmond 2000
Suzuki Daisetz T., The Essentials of Zen Buddhism, Greenwood Press Publishers, Westpoint-Connecticut 1962
Suzuki Daisetz T., The Philosophy of Zen (Filozofia zen), „Philosophy East and West” t. 1, nr 2, 1951
Suzuki Daisetz T., Zen and Japanese Buddhism, C.E. Tuttle, Tokyo 1958
Suzuki Daisetz T., Zen and Japanese Culture, Princeton University Press, New York 1970
Tubielewicz Jolanta Superstitions, magic and mantic practices in the Heian period, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 1980
Watanabe Shōkō, Japanese Buddhism, Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai, Tokio 1968.
Yamaori Tetsuo, Wandering Spirits and Temporary Corpses. Studies in the History of Japanese Religious Tradition, Nichibunken, Kyōto 2004

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