Course Information

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% correct answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JPNB26 Japanese Buddhism
• JPNB65 Japanese Buddhist Art
• JPNB66 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Materials
• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 18:00–19:40 D22

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 12:00–13:40 C33

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 16:00–17:40 D22

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:40 B2.13

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Barbora Mejzlíková (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Marek Mikeš, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 25. 9. 14:10–17:25 N21, Tue 26. 9. 9:10–12:25 B2.43, 14:10–15:45 B2.13, Wed 27. 9. 9:10–12:25 K33, 17:30–19:05 B2.13

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 108 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/108, only registered: 0/108, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/108

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 10:50–12:25 B2.13

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

lectures and class discussion

Assessment methods

written test or essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Doporučené ukončení zkouškou se týká studentů japanistiky, neoborovým studentům se doporučuje ukončení kolokviem.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 14:10–15:45 B2.13

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

lectures and class discussion

Assessment methods

written test or essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 17:30–19:05 zruseno D21

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

lectures and class discussion

Assessment methods

written test or essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 12:30–14:05 zruseno D21

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods

lectures and class discussion

Assessment methods

written test or essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 14:10–15:45 zruseno D22

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Cieľom kurzu Úvod do náboženství v Japonsku je všeobecné uvedenie do problematiky, dejín a vývoja japonskej náboženskej situácie. V priebehu kurzu budú predstavené rozličné náboženské tradície, ktoré sa spolupodieľali na utváraní náboženského myslenia Japoncov. Hlavný dôraz bude kladený na špecifiká šintó a buddhizmu, a ich vzájomnú interakciu v priebehu dejín. Východiskom pri výuke bude historický prehľad a priebeh utvárania japonského náboženského myslenia s prihliadaním na rôznorodé charakteristiky jednotlivých buddhistických škôl v Japonsku.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Úvodná hodina, predstavenie problematiky, termínov
• 2. Najstaršie náboženské myslenie Japoncov
• 3. Šintó a cisárske mytológie
• 4. Historické pozadie utvárania šintó
• 5. Buddhizmus – základné myšlienky, texty, terminológia
• 6. Štátny buddhizmus v obdobiach Asuka a Nara
• 7. Ľudový buddhizmus v obdobiach Heian a Kamakura
• 8. Interakcia buddhizmu a šintó
• 9. Školy etablovaného buddhizmu v období Kamakura
• 10. Ezoterický buddhizmus – božstvá a rituály
• 11. Neokonfucianizmus
• 12. Vybrané príklady buddhistického umenia

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Vyučovanie prebieha formou prednášok, ktoré sú kombinované s audiovizuálnymi prezentáciami a rozpravami so študentmi na zadané témy. Od študentov sa vyžaduje samostatná práca s odbornou literatúrou.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Záverečné hodnotenie bude prebiehať vo forme písomného testu alebo eseje na tému, ktorá bude odsúhlasená a priebežne konzultovaná s vyučujúcou. Rozsah eseje je 8NS v prípade slovensky písanej práce, 6NS v prípade anglicky písanej práce.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Timetable

Wed 7:30–9:05 zruseno D22

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

required literature
• ELLWOOD, Robert S. Introducing Japanese religion. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiv, 269. ISBN 9780415774260. info

not specified
• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, self-study of selected readings, discussion.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher), final paper (9000 signs in minimum), oral exam. Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Timetable

Mon 10:00–11:35 zruseno D21

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, discussion.

Assessment methods

Requirements for the colloquium:
Final written test (score 80% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% correct answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JPNB26 Japanese Buddhism
• JPNB65 Japanese Buddhist Art
• JPNB66 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Materials
• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% correct answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JPNB26 Japanese Buddhism
• JPNB65 Japanese Buddhist Art
• JPNB66 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Materials
• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2023

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2021

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2019

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2018

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.

Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of the course, student will be able to:
- distinguish between the various religious traditions in Japan;
- critically analyze specific Japanese religious phenomena;
- identify the founders of Japanese Buddhist schools;
- identify fundamental characteristics of Japanese religious traditions;
- identify basic objects and architectural monuments related to Japanese religiosity.

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
• 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
• 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
• 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
• 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
• 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
• 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
• 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
• 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
• 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
• 11. Neo-Confucianism
• 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

not specified
• Readings of the Platform sūtra. Edited by Morten Schlütter - Stephen F. Teiser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ix, 220. ISBN 9780231500555. info
• Readings of the Lotus Sūtra. Edited by Stephen F. Teiser - Jacqueline Ilyse Stone. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xi, 284. ISBN 9780231142885. info
• SADAKATA, Akira. Buddhist cosmology : philosophy and origins. Edited by Hajime Nakamura, Translated by Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 9784333016822. info
• SASO, Michael. Tantric art and meditation : the Tendai tradition. Honolulu: Tendai Educational Foundation, 1990, xvi, 96. ISBN 0824813634. info
• YAMASAKI, Taikō. Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto - David Kidd - Richard Peterson - Cynthia Peterson. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988, xviii, 244. ISBN 0877734437. info
• Zen : tradition and transition. Edited by Kenneth Kraft. New York: Grove, 1988, ix, 230. ISBN 9780802131621. info

Teaching methods

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.

Assessment methods

Written test (multiple choice questions with one correct answer, a minimum of 70% right answers is required to pass the test). A successful passing of the test is the sole criteria for assessment of the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2017

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Cieľom kurzu Úvod do náboženství v Japonsku je všeobecné uvedenie do problematiky, dejín a vývoja japonskej náboženskej situácie. V priebehu kurzu budú predstavené rozličné náboženské tradície, ktoré sa spolupodieľali na utváraní náboženského myslenia Japoncov. Hlavný dôraz bude kladený na špecifiká šintó a buddhizmu, a ich vzájomnú interakciu v priebehu dejín. Východiskom pri výuke bude historický prehľad a priebeh utvárania japonského náboženského myslenia s prihliadaním na rôznorodé charakteristiky jednotlivých buddhistických škôl v Japonsku.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Úvodná hodina, predstavenie problematiky, termínov
• 2. Najstaršie náboženské myslenie Japoncov
• 3. Šintó a cisárske mytológie
• 4. Historické pozadie utvárania šintó
• 5. Buddhizmus – základné myšlienky, texty, terminológia
• 6. Štátny buddhizmus v obdobiach Asuka a Nara
• 7. Ľudový buddhizmus v obdobiach Heian a Kamakura
• 8. Interakcia buddhizmu a šintó
• 9. Školy etablovaného buddhizmu v období Kamakura
• 10. Ezoterický buddhizmus – božstvá a rituály
• 11. Neokonfucianizmus
• 12. Vybrané príklady buddhistického umenia

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Vyučovanie prebieha formou prednášok, ktoré sú kombinované s audiovizuálnymi prezentáciami a rozpravami so študentmi na zadané témy. Od študentov sa vyžaduje samostatná práca s odbornou literatúrou.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Záverečné hodnotenie bude prebiehať vo forme písomného testu alebo eseje na tému, ktorá bude odsúhlasená a priebežne konzultovaná s vyučujúcou. Rozsah eseje je 8NS v prípade slovensky písanej práce, 6NS v prípade anglicky písanej práce.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2016

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Cieľom kurzu Úvod do náboženství v Japonsku je všeobecné uvedenie do problematiky, dejín a vývoja japonskej náboženskej situácie. V priebehu kurzu budú predstavené rozličné náboženské tradície, ktoré sa spolupodieľali na utváraní náboženského myslenia Japoncov. Hlavný dôraz bude kladený na špecifiká šintó a buddhizmu, a ich vzájomnú interakciu v priebehu dejín. Východiskom pri výuke bude historický prehľad a priebeh utvárania japonského náboženského myslenia s prihliadaním na rôznorodé charakteristiky jednotlivých buddhistických škôl v Japonsku.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Úvodná hodina, predstavenie problematiky, termínov
• 2. Najstaršie náboženské myslenie Japoncov
• 3. Šintó a cisárske mytológie
• 4. Historické pozadie utvárania šintó
• 5. Buddhizmus – základné myšlienky, texty, terminológia
• 6. Štátny buddhizmus v obdobiach Asuka a Nara
• 7. Ľudový buddhizmus v obdobiach Heian a Kamakura
• 8. Interakcia buddhizmu a šintó
• 9. Školy etablovaného buddhizmu v období Kamakura
• 10. Ezoterický buddhizmus – božstvá a rituály
• 11. Neokonfucianizmus
• 12. Vybrané príklady buddhistického umenia

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Vyučovanie prebieha formou prednášok, ktoré sú kombinované s audiovizuálnymi prezentáciami a rozpravami so študentmi na zadané témy. Od študentov sa vyžaduje samostatná práca s odbornou literatúrou.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Záverečné hodnotenie bude prebiehať vo forme písomného testu alebo eseje na tému, ktorá bude odsúhlasená a priebežne konzultovaná s vyučujúcou. Rozsah eseje je 8NS v prípade slovensky písanej práce, 6NS v prípade anglicky písanej práce.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2015

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Cieľom kurzu Úvod do náboženství v Japonsku je všeobecné uvedenie do problematiky, dejín a vývoja japonskej náboženskej situácie. V priebehu kurzu budú predstavené rozličné náboženské tradície, ktoré sa spolupodieľali na utváraní náboženského myslenia Japoncov. Hlavný dôraz bude kladený na špecifiká šintó a buddhizmu, a ich vzájomnú interakciu v priebehu dejín. Východiskom pri výuke bude historický prehľad a priebeh utvárania japonského náboženského myslenia s prihliadaním na rôznorodé charakteristiky jednotlivých buddhistických škôl v Japonsku.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Úvodná hodina, predstavenie problematiky, termínov
• 2. Najstaršie náboženské myslenie Japoncov
• 3. Šintó a cisárske mytológie
• 4. Historické pozadie utvárania šintó
• 5. Buddhizmus – základné myšlienky, texty, terminológia
• 6. Štátny buddhizmus v obdobiach Asuka a Nara
• 7. Ľudový buddhizmus v obdobiach Heian a Kamakura
• 8. Interakcia buddhizmu a šintó
• 9. Školy etablovaného buddhizmu v období Kamakura
• 10. Ezoterický buddhizmus – božstvá a rituály
• 11. Neokonfucianizmus
• 12. Vybrané príklady buddhistického umenia

Literature

required literature
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Vyučovanie prebieha formou prednášok, ktoré sú kombinované s audiovizuálnymi prezentáciami a rozpravami so študentmi na zadané témy. Od študentov sa vyžaduje samostatná práca s odbornou literatúrou.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Záverečné hodnotenie bude prebiehať vo forme písomného testu alebo eseje na tému, ktorá bude odsúhlasená a priebežne konzultovaná s vyučujúcou. Rozsah eseje je 8NS v prípade slovensky písanej práce, 6NS v prípade anglicky písanej práce.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2014

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Cieľom kurzu Úvod do náboženství v Japonsku je všeobecné uvedenie do problematiky, dejín a vývoja japonskej náboženskej situácie. V priebehu kurzu budú predstavené rozličné náboženské tradície, ktoré sa spolupodieľali na utváraní náboženského myslenia Japoncov. Hlavný dôraz bude kladený na špecifiká šintó a buddhizmu, a ich vzájomnú interakciu v priebehu dejín. Východiskom pri výuke bude historický prehľad a priebeh utvárania japonského náboženského myslenia s prihliadaním na rôznorodé charakteristiky jednotlivých buddhistických škôl v Japonsku.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Úvodná hodina, predstavenie problematiky, termínov
• 2. Najstaršie náboženské myslenie Japoncov
• 3. Šintó a cisárske mytológie
• 4. Historické pozadie utvárania šintó
• 5. Buddhizmus – základné myšlienky, texty, terminológia
• 6. Štátny buddhizmus v obdobiach Asuka a Nara
• 7. Ľudový buddhizmus v obdobiach Heian a Kamakura
• 8. Interakcia buddhizmu a šintó
• 9. Školy etablovaného buddhizmu v období Kamakura
• 10. Ezoterický buddhizmus – božstvá a rituály
• 11. Neokonfucianizmus
• 12. Vybrané príklady buddhistického umenia

Literature

required literature
• Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
• Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
• BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info

recommended literature
• BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
• Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
• BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
• Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Vyučovanie prebieha formou prednášok, ktoré sú kombinované s audiovizuálnymi prezentáciami a rozpravami so študentmi na zadané témy. Od študentov sa vyžaduje samostatná práca s odbornou literatúrou.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Záverečné hodnotenie bude prebiehať vo forme písomného testu alebo eseje na tému, ktorá bude odsúhlasená a priebežne konzultovaná s vyučujúcou. Rozsah eseje je 8NS v prípade slovensky písanej práce, 6NS v prípade anglicky písanej práce.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• JAP116 Japanese Buddhism
• JAP222 Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
• JAP223 Japanese Buddhism in Context
• JAP308 Japanese Buddhist Art

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2013

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

required literature
• ELLWOOD, Robert S. Introducing Japanese religion. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiv, 269. ISBN 9780415774260. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

not specified
• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, self-study of selected readings, discussion.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher), final paper (10000 signs in minimum). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

required literature
• ELLWOOD, Robert S. Introducing Japanese religion. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiv, 269. ISBN 9780415774260. info

not specified
• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, self-study of selected readings, discussion.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher), final paper (9000 signs in minimum), oral exam. Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Autumn 2011

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

required literature
• ELLWOOD, Robert S. Introducing Japanese religion. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiv, 269. ISBN 9780415774260. info

not specified
• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, self-study of selected readings, discussion.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher), final paper (9000 signs in minimum), oral exam. Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Autumn 2010

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

required literature
• ELLWOOD, Robert S. Introducing Japanese religion. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2008, xiv, 269. ISBN 9780415774260. info

not specified
• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, self-study of selected readings, discussion.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher), final paper (9000 signs in minimum), oral exam. Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Religions in Japan

The course is not taught in Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
• Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, discussion.

Assessment methods

Requirements for the colloquium:
Final written test (score 80% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Buddhism

The course is not taught in Spring 2009

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)

Course objectives

The course aims to develop the understanding of religious traditions in Japan. It offers introduction to the topic of contemporary religious life together with the basic survey of historical development of Japanese religious traditions. The classes are aimed to give the outline of social and cultural contexts of Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, new religious movements and so called popular religious traditions. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan;
locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in Japan to the broader social, social and historical context;
interpret religious traditions of Japan according to theoretical and methodological approaches of the Study of religions;
distinguish the principal stages in historical development of religious traditions in Japan;
formulate the cardinal principles of „lived religion“ or practical religious life in history and present times.

Syllabus

• 0. Introductory information to the course;
• 1. History, geography of Japan. Studying religions in Japan – introduction;
• 2. „Normative“ and „lived“ religion in Japane. Classifying religions in Japan, relationship of Shinto and Buddhism - mutual influence, religions in everyday life. Ancestor worship;
• 3. Shinto - mythology, deities - kami, rituals, Shinto and the concepts of Japanese nation;
• 4. Buddhism in Japan – introduction;
• 5. Buddhism in Japan – iconography, rituals, kuyo rites;
• 6. Shugendo;
• 7. "Christianity made in Japan" - past and present;
• 8. New and "new new" religions I;
• 9. New and "new new" religions II;
• 10. Religious festivals and ceremonies;
• 11. Film and religions in Japan;
• 12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

• CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
• A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. info
• TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
• NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
• READER, Ian. Religion in contemporary Japan. 1st publ. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991, xv, 277 s. ISBN 0-333-52322-9. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, study projection with commentary, discussion.

Assessment methods

Requirements for the colloquium:
Final written test (score 70% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

JAP216 Buddhism

The course is not taught in Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)

Course objectives

The course provides the introduction to Buddhism as a religious system. It treats the topic of the three jewels: Buddha, dharma and sangha. The course also provides the introduction to the history and teaching of early Buddhism and to the life of Buddha Shakyamuni.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction
• 2. - 11. Buddhist doctrine, philosophy, life of Buddha Shakyamuni
• 12. Test

Literature

• LOPEZ, Donald Jr. Příběh buddhismu. Průvodce dějinami buddhismu a jeho učením. Brno: Barrister and Principal, 2003. ISBN 80-86598-54-3. info
• MILTNER, Vladimír. Vznik a vývoj buddhismu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001, 373 s. ISBN 8070214104. info
• LESTER, Robert C. Buddhismus :cesta k osvícení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1997, 202 s. ISBN 80-85190-53-2. info
• CONZE, Edward. Stručné dějiny buddhismu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jota, 1997, 239 s. ISBN 8072170023. info
• WERNER, Karel. Náboženství jižní a východní Asie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 215 s. ISBN 802101122X. info

Assessment methods

2 written tests, oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• JPN313 Introduction into Religions in Japan
  !JAP216 && !NOWANY(JAP216)  

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