Autor: William R. LaFleur

According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the developm …

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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism’s reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice of mizuko rites, in which …

‘A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards.’ –Times Literary Supplement   ‘A major contribution to t …

William La Fleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these …

William La Fleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these …