EKŌ-JI: Numata Ehan’s Ideas and Their Realization in a Japanese Buddhist Temple in Germany
The EKŌ temple in Düsseldorf was built thanks to the initiative and financial support of the Japanese entrepreneur Numata Ehan as one part of a German-Japanese cultural center. Following the vision of its founder, the EKŌ temple is dedicated to all schools of Japanese Buddhism, even though its basic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-108 |
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Numata, Yehan 1897-1994
/ EKŌ-Haus der Japanischen Kultur (Düsseldorf)
/ Buddhism
/ Temple
/ Meeting centre
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BL Buddhism KBB German language area KBM Asia RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhist social ethics
B danka system B Buddhist temple B Buddhist Modernism B Japanese cultural centre |
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| Summary: | The EKŌ temple in Düsseldorf was built thanks to the initiative and financial support of the Japanese entrepreneur Numata Ehan as one part of a German-Japanese cultural center. Following the vision of its founder, the EKŌ temple is dedicated to all schools of Japanese Buddhism, even though its basic layout is that of a Shin Buddhist temple. This article explores Numata’s founding vision, which is based on a modern interpretation of Buddhism, and it also describes the different groups that are involved in the life of the temple today. Significantly, different conceptions of Buddhism and the meaning of a temple coexist at EKŌ. These differences are particularly noticeable between Western and Japanese visitors; furthermore, they hint at the different processes of modernization that Japanese Buddhism in the West and in Japan respectively underwent, both of which continue to influence Buddhism today. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-8349 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-01002011 |