Skip to content

In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860 Hard cover - 2017

by Richard Bowring

  • New
  • Hardcover

Description

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1582-1860), this volume deals with social, cultural, and religious interplay, primarily focusing on the Neo-Confucian search for the Way, a patter
New
NZ$186.06
NZ$16.83 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 12 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Ria Christie Collections (Greater London, United Kingdom)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860
  • Author Richard Bowring
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition New Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 346
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2017-02-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780198795230_pod
  • ISBN 9780198795230 / 0198795238
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Japan
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016943802
  • Dewey Decimal Code 200.952

About Ria Christie Collections Greater London, United Kingdom

Specializing in: Books, Calendars, Fiction Books, Non- Fiction Books, Textbooks
Biblio member since 2014
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Hello We are professional online booksellers. We sell mostly new books and textbooks and we do our best to provide a competitive price. We are based in Greater London, UK. We pride ourselves by providing a good customer service throughout, shipping the items quickly and replying to customer queries promptly. Ria Christie Collections

Terms of Sale:

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from Ria Christie Collections

From the publisher

In Search of the Way is a history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period, covering the years 1582-1860. It begins with an explanation of the fate of Christianity, and proceeds to cover the changing nature of the relationship between Buddhism and secular authority, new developments in Shinto, and the growth of 'Japanese studies'. The main emphasis, however, is on the process by which Neo-Confucianism captured the imagination of the intellectual class and informed debate throughout the period. This process was expressed in terms of a never-ending search for the Way, a mode and pattern of existence that could provide not only order for society at large, but self-fulfilment for the individual. The narrative traces how ideas and attitudes changed through time, and is based on the premise that the Tokugawa period is important in and of itself, not merely as a backdrop to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

About the author

Richard Bowring graduated from the University of Cambridge with first class honours in Japanese in 1968, and a PhD in 1973. He has taught at Monash University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and the University of Cambridge, taking retirement in 2013. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge in 2013, and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Japanese Government in 2013.

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.