Religion in Meiji Japan Podcast
Professor Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University, is one of the preeminent scholars of Japanese religion. In May 2008, she came to Japan Society and spoke to the participants of the professional development course Japan 1600-1900: From Samurai to Modern Japan. As part of the workshop, Professor Hardacre provided an introduction and brief overview of religion in the late Meiji Era. This podcast is an excerpt from her talk. (To advance to a specific topic, please see the list of topics introduced below.)Podcast Summary:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 Background: Shinto
04:30 Background: Buddhism and New Religious Movements
09:07 Meiji Buddhism
12:35 The Impact of Clerical Marriage
16:30 "New Buddhism"
19:13 The Growth of New Religious Movements: Omoto (Deguchi Nao)
20:40 The Growth of New Religious Movements: Tenrikyo
21:36 Early Meiji Shinto (1868-1884)
23:05 Yasukuni Shrine
25:55 Mid-Meiji
26:55 Kume Kunitake
28:01 Major Changes of the Meiji Period
29:52 Credits
30:05 Finish
