Buddhist Temples of Kyoto and Kamakura

Buddhist Temples of Kyoto and Kamakura brings together some of Suzuki's writings from The Eastern Buddhist. The collection preserves valuable information from Suzuki's own times and the charm of her personal discovery of the temples described here. Further information is also provided to place them in their current context. Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was an extremely well informed and sensitive expositor of Mahayana Buddhism. As the American wife of the influential Zen Buddhist Suzuki Daisetsu, she lived in Japan for many years, becoming very familiar with the leading temples of various Buddhist schools-especially in Kyoto and Kamakura. Buddhist Temples of Kyoto and Kamakura brings together some of her writings from The Eastern Buddhist. The collection preserves valuable information from Suzuki''s own times and the charm of her personal discovery of the temples described here. Further information is also provided to place them in their current context. The volume will be of interest to scholars of Japanese Buddhism and to the many travelers to these sites today.

• | Author: Beatrice Lane Suzuki, Michael Pye
• | Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2013
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781845539214
• | ISBN-10: 1845539214