Sawada, Janine Anderson,  1953- <br/><br/>
Practical pursuits :  religion, politics, and personal cultivation in nineteenth-century Japan / 
Janine Tasca Sawada. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 387 pages) :  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-368) and index. 
<br/><br/>The fertility of dead words -- Divination as cultivation -- Breathing as purification -- The parameters of learning -- Practical learning in the meditation hall -- Koji Zen -- Shifting boundaries in the sangha -- The great synthesis -- Enlightened conservatives -- The enemy within. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780824863999 (electronic bk.) 0824863992 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and politics--History--Japan--19th century.<br/>Religion et politique--Histoire--Japon--19e siècle.<br/>Godsdiensten.<br/>Religion.<br/>Politik.<br/>Geschichte 1800-1900.<br/>Religiöses Leben.<br/>Religion and politics.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion<br/>RELIGION / Essays<br/>RELIGION / Reference
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan.<br/>Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2211.S73  / S29 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200/.952/09034