Aging in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
In medieval Japan (ca. 1185-1603), Buddhist practices and concepts contributed substantively to the ways in which old age was defined and understood. The widespread custom of lay ordination at the onset of old age rendered a large proportion of the elderly population Buddhist home-leavers (shukke)....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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Religion compass
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Old person (60-80 years, motif)
/ Buddhism
/ Story
/ Vows
/ History 1185-1603
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders TE Middle Ages TJ Modern history |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |