Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism - The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714)

Kaibara Ekken (1630--1714) was the focal Neo-Confucian thinker of the early Tokagawa period. He established the importance of Neo-Confucianism in Japan at a time when Buddhism had long been the dominant religious philosophy. This is the first book-length presentation of his thought. It contains a lengthy introduction to Ekken's life, time, and thought, and a careful translation into readable English of Ekken's book, Precepts for Daily Life in Japan (Yamanto Zokkun).

About the author

Mary Evelyn Tucker is Assistant Professor of Religion at Bucknell University.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Evelyn Tucker
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.1989
• EAN: 9780887068898
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-889-8
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy (Har; Suny Philosophy
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions