1.Course Introduction. A detailed syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class. The schedule below is subject to change. |
| 2.Lecture: The Buddha’s Biography |
| 3.Lecture: The Buddha’s Death and Immigration |
| 4.Lecture: First Encounters |
| 5.Lecture: Native Religion |
| 6.Screening of Documentary on Ise Shrine |
| 7.Lecture: Early Buddhist Institutions |
| 8.Lecture: Nara Buddhism, Kôfukuji, and the Lotus Sutra |
| 9.Lecture: Tôdaiji: Birushana and Hachiman |
| 10.Lecture: Dealing with disaster and the founding of Heian-kyô |
| 11.Lecture: Cults of the body |
| 12.Lecture: Cults of the book |
| 13.Screening of “Miminashi Hôichi,” excerpt from “Kwaidan.” |
| 14.Reading Notes Due & First Workshop (Details of assignment will be discussed in class). |
| 15.Lecture: Saichô, Hieizan, and Tendai thought |
| 16.Reading Notes Due & Second Workshop (Details of assignment will be discussed in class). |
| 17.Lecture: Kûkai, Shingon, Dainichi, and Mikkyô Mandalas |
| 18.Lecture: Besson mandalas and Interactions with Deities, Magical Sculpture |
| 19.Lecture: Mappô and Heian Pure Land Belief |
| 20.Lecture: The Burning of Tôdaiji Chôgen’s Renewal and Kamakura-era Sculpture |
| 21.Lecture: Shugendô |
| 22.Lecture: Syncretism of Buddha and Kami Faith, shrine-temple complexes |
| 23.Lecture: Medieval Pure Land Faith and Itinerants |
| 24.Lecture: Kumano nuns and etoki |
| 25.Research Papers Due & Workshop |
| 26.Film Screening Part 1 |
| 27.Film Screening Part 2 |
| 28.Final Quiz |