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Guide To The Shuji Isawa Collection, 1875 – 2010 (Bulk 1870s), Orson Kingsley
Guide To The Shuji Isawa Collection, 1875 – 2010 (Bulk 1870s), Orson Kingsley
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Shuji Isawa (1850-1917) was sent to the United States by the Japanese Ministry of Education during the early portion of the Meiji Restoration. In 1875 Isawa enrolled at the Bridgewater State Normal School to learn about the United States educational system and Normal School movement, and to bring this information back to Japan. He graduated from Bridgewater State Normal School in 1877 after finishing the two year program. He would go onto study at Harvard for a short time before returning to Japan.
Isawa quickly began reforming the Japanese educational system upon his return to Japan. Some of the new …
Confronting Cultural Difference In The Establishment Of A Global Zen Community, Joshua A. Irizarry
Confronting Cultural Difference In The Establishment Of A Global Zen Community, Joshua A. Irizarry
2013 New England Association for Asian Studies Conference
As a commercial phenomenon, Zen is recognizable throughout the world as a lucrative brand name that communicates harmony, simplicity, and cosmopolitan elegance. In contrast, the Japanese Zen institution’s attempts to develop Zen into a successful global religion have proven more problematic. Despite initial successes by Japanese clergy in establishing centers of Zen practice throughout Europe and the Americas, the past fifty years have seen the dream of a global Zen community descend into a legacy of controversy, scandals, and schisms over conflicting claims of authority.
Looking specifically at the internationalization efforts of the Japanese Sōtō Zen sect, this paper will …