Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan, by Jacqueline Stone.

Authors

  • Ian Astley University of Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.37896

Keywords:

Japanese Buddhism, Heian period, Kamakura period, pure land, death, death ritual, mortuary practices, art history, documentary history

Abstract

Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan, by Jacqueline Stone. Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism 26. University of Hawai‘i Press: 2016. 624pp; illustrated, incl. 11 colour plates, 1 B&W illustration. Hb. $68.00 (cloth). ISBN-13: 9780824856434.

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Published

2018-12-31

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 1-2 (2018): Special Issue: Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins

Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Astley, I. (2018). Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan, by Jacqueline Stone. Buddhist Studies Review, 35(1-2), 313-315. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.37896