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Klautau Orion

Section

Graduate School of International Cultural Studies

Job title

Associate Professor

Degree

博士（文学）（東北大学）
修士（文学）（東北大学）

researchmap

https://researchmap.jp/klautau

J-GLOBAL ID

201701017304368323

e-Rad No.

10634967

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-9409

Profile

Research Topics:

1) History of Buddhism in Modern Japan
　(academic knowledge about "Buddhism," etc.)

2) Buddhism and Japanese Historiography
　(modern representations of Shotoku Taishi, Kamakura Buddhism, etc.)

3) History of Occultism in Modern and Contemporary Japan
　(developement and role of "pseudohistories," etc.)

Research History 9

2025/04 - Present

International Research Center for Japanese Studies　Research Group "Entanglements of Buddhism and Shinto in Modern Japan"　Project Researcher
2023/10 - Present

Tohoku University　Graduate School of Arts and Letters　Associate Professor (joint appointment)
2015/04 - Present

Tohoku University　Graduate School of International Cultural Studies　Associate Professor
2025/04 - 2025/06

University of Gothenburg　Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion　Invited Visiting Scholar
2022/04 - 2022/09

Nova University of Lisbon　School of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH)　Visiting Researcher
2013/04 - 2015/03

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg　Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"　Akademischer Mitarbaiter
2012/04 - 2013/03

Ryukoku University　Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia　Postdoctoral Fellow
2011/04 - 2012/03

International Research Center for Japanese Studies　Research Group "Buddhist Perspectives on the Modern and Pre-modern"　Project Researcher
2010/04 - 2012/03

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science　Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education 1

Tohoku University

2004/04 - 2010/03

Committee Memberships 8

Oxford University Press, "Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism" Series　Editorial Board Member

2023 - Present
Japanese Association for Religious Studies　Director

2022 - Present
East Asian Network for the Academic Study of Esotericism (EANASE)　Coordinator

2020 - Present
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (JJRS)　Editorial Consultant

2018 - Present
Association for Japanese Intellectual History　Executive Committee

2018 - Present
Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　Executive Committee

2015 - Present
Association for Indology and the Study of Religion　Executive Committee

2015 - Present
Japanese Association for Religious Studies　Councillor

2016 - 2022

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Professional Memberships 9

Modern Japan History Association (MJHA)
European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
印度学宗教学会
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
American Academy of Religion (AAR)
European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
Association of Japanese Intellectual History
Japanese Association for Religious Studies
Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History

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Research Interests 8

Esotericism
Historiography
pseudohistory
Shotoku Taishi
The Occult
Historiographical Thought
Modern Buddhism
Japanese Religion

Research Areas 5

Humanities & social sciences / History - Japan / History of Modern Religion / Culture
Humanities & social sciences / History of thought /
Humanities & social sciences / Religious studies /
Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / Japanese Studies
Humanities & social sciences / History - General / Historiography

Awards 3

10th Nakamura Hajime Prize for the Promotion of Eastern Studies

2024/10　Nakamura Hajime Eastern Research Center (Nakamura Hajime Tōhō Kenkyujo)
2013 Award

2013/06　Association for Indology and the Study of Religion
2010 Award

2011/02　International Institute for the Study of Religions

Papers 24

Echoes of the Ancient, Traces of the Occult: Prolegomenon to the Study of Gishi as Historiography Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Rekishigaku Kenkyū (Journal of Historical Studies)　(1063)　14-26; 40　2025/07
Shotoku Taishi as as Symbol of Democracy Invited

Klautau, Orion

Gakushikai Kaiho　(970)　44-48　2025/01
Shōtoku Taishi dans l’historiographie Meiji: un survol (Shōtoku Taishi in Meiji Historiography: A Survey) International-journal Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Relier　32　(1)　2024/10
Publisher: Consortium Erudit
DOI： 10.7202/1114346ar 　

eISSN： 2817-8513

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This article explores the historiographical transformation of Shōtoku Taishi (574-622) during Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912), as scholars grappled with the intersection of tradition and modernity. Revered as a foundational figure in Japanese Buddhism, Shōtoku underwent a reevaluation through the lens of Western-influenced academic disciplines. We delve into the contributions of four key intellectuals — Murakami Senshō (1851-1929), Sonoda Shūe (1863-1922), Sakaino Kōyō (1871-1933), and Kume Kunitake (1839-1931). These scholars synthesized new methodologies with ideological expectations, critically engaging with traditional narratives to redefine Shōtoku’s historical significance. Their endeavors reflect a broader negotiation of Japan’s identity, balancing historical accuracy with nationalist sentiments. While they shared similar concerns, each scholar brought a unique perspective to the depiction of the prince, influenced by personal and professional considerations. Although largely overlooked today, their works have shaped modern portrayals of Shōtoku, underscoring the enduring impact of Meiji historiography on Japan’s cultural memory and discourse.
Mikkyo and Esoteric Buddhism: The Discursive History of a Modern Entanglement Invited

Klautau, Orion

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(31)　36-49　2024/05
The Politics of Essence: Towards a History of the Public Study of Buddhism in 1880s Japan International-journal Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Japanese Journal of Religious Studies　51　(2)　197-220　2024
Publisher: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
DOI： 10.18874/jjrs.51.2.2024.197-220 　

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This article examines the early institutionalization of Buddhist studies in Meiji Japan, focusing on the University of Tokyo’s establishment of Buddhism as an academic discipline between the late 1870s and the 1880s. By centering on key figures such as the Sōtō Zen priest Hara Tanzan and the Shin Buddhist cleric Yoshitani Kakuju, it explores how the emerging discipline was shaped by both domestic imperatives, such as reasserting Mahayana Buddhism’s legitimacy against Edo-period critiques, and new pressures from Western scholarship, which often dismissed Mahayana as a later development in Buddhist history. Beyond a purely academic pursuit, this public study of Buddhism served broader sociopolitical aims, including efforts to construct a unifying moral foundation for a modernizing nation. The article demonstrates how early Meiji Buddhist intellectuals navigated these multiple agendas, seeking to articulate an “essence” of Buddhism adaptable to evolving notions of religion and philosophy while simultaneously upholding the Mahayana tradition as both historically valid and ethically relevant.
From Nostradamus to Shōtoku Taishi: The Fate of Gotō Ben’s Eschatology Invited

Klautau, Orion

Chūō Kōron　136　(5)　136-143　2022/04

ISSN： 0529-6838
Entre essência e manifestação: Shotoku Taishi e Shinran durante a Guerra dos Quinze Anos (1931-1945) [trans.] International-journal Invited

Klautau, Orion

Revista Jesus Historico　26　122-140　2021

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Portuguese translation, by Jefferson Neves dos Santos & Larissa Redditt, of Klautau, “Between Essence and Manifestation: Shotoku Taishi and Shinran during the Fifteen-year War (1931-1945)” (2012 nendo kenkyu hokokusho, edited by Ryukoku Daigaku Ajia Bukkyo Bunka Kenkyu Senta, pp. 279-294, 2013).
Japanese Thought: The (Re-)Making of an Idea

Anais do XI congresso de estudos japoneses no Brasil/XXIV encontro nacional de professores universitários de língua, literatura e cultura japonesa (ed. C. J. Ferreira, Manaus: Universidade Federal do Amazonas)　311-322　2017
Nationalizing the Dharma: Takakusu Junjirō and the Politics of Buddhist Scholarship in Early Twentieth-Century Japan Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Japanese Religions　39　(1-2)　53-70　2014
Between Essence and Manifestation: Shōtoku Taishi and Shinran during the Fifteen-year War (1931-1945) Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

2012 nendo kenkyū hōkokusho [Research Report for the Fiscal Year 2012], edited by Ryūkoku Daigaku Ajia Bukkyō Bunka Kenkyū Sentā　279-294　2013/03
Publisher:
Miyamoto Shōson and Japanese Buddhism during the Fifteen-Year War Invited

Klautau, Orion

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(19)　26-39　2012/05
Publisher:
ISSN： 1344-2600
(Re)inventing ‘Japanese Buddhism’: Sectarian Reconfiguration and Historical Writing in Meiji Japan Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

The Eastern Buddhist (new series)　42　(1)　75-99　2012/03
Buddhist Studies in Wartime Japan: Its Meaning in the Context of Intellectual History Invited

Klautau, Orion

Bungei Kenkyū　173　39-47　2012/03
Publisher:
ISSN： 0287-5829
The Field of ‘Religious Studies’ in Brazil Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Pantheon: Journal for the Study of Religions　8　(1)　15-32　2011/09
Discourses on Japanese Buddhism during the Fifteen Years War: an analysis focused on Hanayama Shinsho and Ienaga Saburo Peer-reviewed

The Journal of the history of Buddhism　53　(1)　43-64　2010/11
Publisher:
ISSN： 0288-6472
The development of discourses on Japanese Buddhism during the Taisho period: an introduction to the thought of Takakusu Junjiro Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Nihon Shisōshi gaku (Journal of Japanese Intellectual History)　(42)　156-175　2010
Publisher:
ISSN： 0386-5770
The Birth of “Japanese Buddhism”: The Scholarly Activities of Murakami Senshō

Klautau, Orion

Nihon Shisōshi Kenkyū　(42)　80-104　2010
Publisher:
ISSN： 0386-8974
Hara Tanzan and Early Meiji Discourse on Buddhism Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Nihon Bukkyо̄ Sо̄gо̄ Kenkyū (Interdisciplinary Studies in Japanese Buddhism)　(7)　69-87　2009/05
Modernity, Orientalism, Transnationalism: Some Notes on Recent Trends in Research on Buddhism Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Tо̄hoku Shūkyо̄gaku (Tohoku Journal of Religious Studies)　5　199-212　2009
Publisher:
ISSN： 1881-0187
Against the Ghosts of Recent Past: Meiji Scholarship and the Discourse on Edo-Period Buddhist Decadence Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Japanese Journal of Religious Studies　35　(2)　263-303　2008/12
Publisher: Nanzan University
DOI： 10.18874/jjrs.35.2.2008.263-303 　

ISSN： 0304-1042
Tsuji Zennosuke's scholarship on Buddhist history and its design: with special reference to his narrative on the Edo Period Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(15)　25-49　2008/08
Publisher:
ISSN： 1344-2600
Postwar Continuities and Criticisms of the Theory of Edo-period Buddhist Decadence

Klautau, Orion

Nenpō Nihon Shisōshi (The Annual of Japanese Intellectual History)　7　30-43　2008/03
Publisher:
ISSN： 1347-2992
From Terror to Redemption: The Category of 'History' in Religious Studies Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Ronshū (Studies in Religions East and West)　(34)　264-298　2007/12
Publisher:
ISSN： 0916-2658
The Modern Formation of the Theory of Buddhist Decadence in the Edo Period : Memory, Forgetting, and Meiji Buddhism Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

Shūkyо̄ Kenkyū (Journal of Religious Studies)　81　(3)　581-601　2007/12
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.81.3_581 　

ISSN： 0387-3293

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This paper will analyze the historical formation of the theory of Buddhist decadence in the Edo Period. This theory can be regarded as the discourse informed by the following assumptions. First, during the Edo period monks did not keep the precepts, leading lives even more secular than lay people. Second, the Buddhist institution lost its freedom due to its close relationship with the shogunate. In short, Buddhism in early modern Japan was more corrupt than in other historical periods. This theory is regarded as having been formulated in Tsuji Zennosuke's research on early modern Buddhism. However, although he is sometimes presented as the first scholar to introduce this image of decadent early modern Buddhism, the idea was already "common sense" among both scholars and priests by the time Tsuji published his works. Keeping these aspects in mind, this article shall focus especially on the period from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the publication, in 1931, of Tsuji Zennosuke's Nihon Bukkyo shi no kenkyu zoku hen, where the theory of Buddhist decadence can be found in its more systematic format.

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Misc. 47

Shōtoku Taishi Narratives and Multiple Temporalities: In Lieu of a Response

クラウタウ、オリオン

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(32)　68-70　2025/05
The Boundary Between 'Truth' and 'Falsehood': Some Humble Observations on the Historian’s Craft Invited

Klautau, Orion

Rekishi Hyōron (The Historical Journal)　(902)　96-102　2025/05
Publisher: Association of Historical Science

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Comments on Babe Takahiro's "The Historiography of the Tsubai Documents", Takei Ayaka's "The Legal Governance of History: Denialism and Memory Laws", and Ozawa Minoru's "American Runes: Immigrants, Fake History, and Imagination"
Reformation and Japanese Buddhism during the Meiji 10s (1877-1886)

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　98　(Suppl.)　277-278　2025/03
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
Three Books of the Year Invited

Klautau, Orion

The Bukkyo Times Weekly　(3061)　4　2024/12/12
(Re)defining Esotericism: A Response from Two Scholars in Japan International-journal International-coauthorship Invited

Gaitanidis, Ioannis, Orion Klautau

Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism　24　(2)　223-226　2024/07

DOI： 10.1163/15700593-02402006 　
On the Symposium 'Modern Buddhist History and Research on the Occult: The Tasks Left by Yoshinaga Shin'ichi' Invited

Klautau, Orion

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(31)　1-4　2024/05
Arbiters of Patriotism: Right-Wing Scholars in Imperial Japan, By John Person

Klautau, Orion

Social Science Japan Journal　(27)　103-106　2024/01
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI： 10.1093/ssjj/jyad030 　

ISSN： 1369-1465

eISSN： 1468-2680
Jørn Borup, ed. “Japanese Buddhism in Europe”, parts 1 & 2, special issue of the Journal of Religion in Japan, vol. 10, no. 2-3, 2021; vol. 11, n.1, 2022

Klautau, Orion

Kindai Bukkyō (Modern Buddhism)　(30)　274-278　2023/05
Nation, History, and Literature: New Perspectives toward Wartime Buddhism Invited

Klautau, Orion

Bukkyo Bungaku (Buddhist Literature)　(48)　96-100　2023/03
Shōtoku Taishi as a Modern Constitutionalist

Klautau, Orion

Gakusai nihon kenkyū　(3)　66-71　2023/03
Making History Matter: Kuroita Katsumi and the Construction of Imperial Japan by Lisa Yoshikawa International-journal Invited

Klautau, Orion

The Journal of Japanese Studies　46　(1)　178-183　2020
Publisher: Project Muse
DOI： 10.1353/jjs.2020.0015 　

eISSN： 1549-4721
【講演記録】「宗教」概念を考える――近代日本における「宗教」としての仏教の生成（第19回親鸞仏教センター研究交流サロン） Invited

クラウタウ、オリオン(リスポンス: 大平浩史)

現代と親鸞　(41)　191-231　2019/12
Publisher: 親鸞仏教センター (真宗大谷派)
ISSN： 1347-4316
【パネルセッション要旨】日本思想史としての神仏分離・廃仏毀釈

林淳, 池田智文, クラウタウ、オリオン, 桐原健真

日本思想史学　(51)　42-46　2019
Publisher: 日本思想史学会 ; 1969-
ISSN： 0386-5770
Three Books of the Year Invited

Klautau, Orion

The Bukkyo Times Weekly　(2788)　4　2018/12/13
Modern Buddhism and Shūyō: Murakami Senshō's Ideas on Education

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　91　(Suppl.)　330-331　2018/03
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.91.Suppl_329 　
Developments in the Understanding of the Self and the Other in Late Edo Buddhist Thought Invited

Journal of Japanese Intellectual History　(50)　12-19　2018
Publisher: 日本思想史学会 ; 1969-
ISSN： 0386-5770
The Activities of Ryuon (1800-1885) and the Formation of Modern Buddhism in Japan

KLAUTAU Orion

Journal of religious studies　89　(0)　269-270　2016
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.89.Suppl_269 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
Shinran and Nationalism in the Japanese Empire Invited

Klautau, Orion

57-65　2015/01
HAYASHI Makoto, OTANI Eiichi, Paul L. SWANSON, eds., Modern Buddhism in Japan Invited

Klautau, Orion

Journal of religious studies　89　(2)　351-355　2015
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.89.2_351 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
BOOK REVIEW : Buddhism, Unitarianism, and the Meiji Competition for Universality : Michel Mohr Invited

KLAUTAU, Orion

Japan Review : Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies　(28)　249-252　2015
Publisher: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
DOI： 10.15055/00006032 　

ISSN： 0915-0986
【パネルセッション要旨】近代日本仏教の「前夜」——幕末維新期における護法論の射程

桐原健真, クラウタウ、オリオン

日本思想史学　(47)　28-36　2015
Publisher: 日本思想史学会 ; 1969-
ISSN： 0386-5770
A Report on the 2013 AAR Annual Meeting

(21)　152-157　2014/08
Publisher: 日本近代仏教史研究会
ISSN： 1344-2600
【書評】Modern Buddhism as a Perspective (Review of Ōtani Eiichi, Kindai bukkyō to iu shiza: Sensō, Ajia, shakai shugi) International-journal Invited Peer-reviewed

Klautau, Orion

H-shukyo (H-Net Reviews)　2014/01
Publisher: H-Net
Reconsidering the Bukkyo Konin Movement

KLAUTAU Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　87　(0)　64-65　2014
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.87.Suppl_64 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
Academic Discourse on Japanese Buddhism in the Postwar Period

Orion KLAUTAU

Journal of religious studies　86　(4)　801-802　2013
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.86.4_801 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
Summary of Panel Presentation (Revisiting Postwar Theories of Japanese Buddhism)

Orion KLAUTAU

Journal of religious studies　86　(4)　805-806　2013
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.86.4_805 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
【書評】大谷宗教社会学と近代仏教研究 (大谷栄一『近代仏教という視座』を読む) Invited

KLAUTAU Orion

研究所報　(23)　14-17　2013
Publisher: 南山宗教文化研究所
ISSN： 0917-818X
Tweed, Thomas A. "American Occultism and Japanese Buddhism : Albert J. Edmunds, D. T. Suzuki, and Translocative History"

11　1-31　2012/03
Publisher: 日本思想史研究会
ISSN： 1347-2992
【翻訳】YOSHINAGA Shin’ichi. “After Olcott Left: Theosophical Society and ‘New Buddhists’ at the Turn of the Century.” International-journal International-coauthorship Invited

Klautau, Orion, 吉永進一

The Eastern Buddhist　43　(1)　103-132　2012
Mid-Meiji Discourses on Japanese Buddhism: The Bukkyo Konin Movement and Its Propositions (New Perspectives on Modern Japanese Buddhism)

KLAUTAU Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　85　(4)　988-989　2012
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.85.4_988 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
Summary of Panel Presentations (New Perspectives on Modern Japanese Buddhism)

KLAUTAU Orion

Journal of religious studies　85　(4)　990-991　2012
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.85.4_990 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
【パネルセッション要旨】幕末維新期の護法思想・再考

桐原健真, クラウタウ、オリオン

日本思想史学　(44)　63-70　2012
Publisher: 日本思想史学会 ; 1969-
ISSN： 0386-5770
【記事・総説・解説・論説等】辻善之助 Invited

クラウタウ、オリオン

『中外日報』（シリーズ「近代の肖像――危機を拓く」）　(27651-27653)　12 面　2011/12
New publications: Ogawara Masamichi, ed.: Buddhists in modern Japan: Asian experiences and intellectual transformations Invited

Modern Buddhism　(18)　166-170　2011/05
Publisher: 日本近代仏教史研究会
ISSN： 1344-2600
【書評】TANIGAWA Yutaka. Meiji Zenki no kyōiku, kyōka, bukkyō. Shibunkaku Shuppan, 2008 International-journal Invited

Klautau, Orion

38　(1)　220-222　2011
The Great Coalition for Revering the Emperor and Serving the Buddha and Its Intellectual Enterprise

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　84　(4)　1234-1235　2011
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.84.4_1234 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
【パネルセッション要旨】近代仏教と真宗の問題

クラウタウ、オリオン

日本思想史学　(43)　35-43　2011
Publisher: 日本思想史学会
ISSN： 0386-5770
New publication: Cristina Rocha: Zen in Brazil: the quest for cosmopolitan modernity Invited

Modern Buddhism　(17)　110-113　2010/05
Publisher: 日本近代仏教史研究会
ISSN： 1344-2600
【書評会要旨】西村玲著『近世仏教思想の独創――僧侶普寂の思想と実践』合同批評会［含質疑応答］

クラウタウ、オリオン

年報日本思想史　9　36-38　2010/03
Publisher: 日本思想史研究会
ISSN： 1347-2992
Inquiries into "Japanese Buddhism": Historical Writing and Sectarian Reconfiguration in the Modern Period

Klautau, Orion

Journal of religious studies　83　(4)　1227-1228　2010
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.83.4_1227 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
【翻訳】Satō, Hiroo. "Changes in the Concept of Mountains in Japan" Invited

Klautau, Orion, 佐藤弘夫

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie　18　(1)　89-102　2009
Publisher: PERSEE Program
DOI： 10.3406/asie.2009.1332 　

ISSN： 0766-1177
Buddhism as a Past Relic: Modernity and Anti-Clericalism in Tsuji Zennosuke

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　82　(4)　1260-1261　2009
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.82.4_1260 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
【翻訳】幕末における宗教的対立――禅師今北洪川と儒者東澤瀉

澤田ジャニーン, 桐原健真, クラウタウ、オリオン

日本思想史研究　(41)　138-158　2009
Publisher: 東北大学大学院文学研究科日本思想史学研究室
ISSN： 0386-8974
The Development of Tsuji Zennosuke's Scholarship on Buddhist History

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　81　(4)　1138-1139　2008
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.81.4_1138 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
HIKINO Kyosuke, The Universal and the Particular in Modern Religiosity Invited

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　82　(3)　766-772　2008
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.82.3_766 　

ISSN： 0387-3293
Buddhist material culture, 'Indianism', and the construction of pan-Asian Buddhism in prewar Japan

Tohoku Journal of Religious Studies　4　157-189　2008
Publisher: 東北大学大学院文学研究科宗教学研究室
ISSN： 1881-0187
The Modern Formation of the Thesis of Buddhist Decadence during the Edo Period

Klautau, Orion

Journal of Religious Studies　80　(4)　1183-1184　2007
Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies
DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.80.4_1183 　

ISSN： 0387-3293

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Books and Other Publications 21

Shotoku Taishi Veiled: Alternative Histories and Occulture in Modern Japan

Klautau, Orion

2024/05/10

ISBN: 4480076212
Studies on Modern Buddhism (revised and enlarged edition)

Ōtani Eiichi, Yoshinaga Shin’ichi, Kondō Shuntarō

Hozokan　2023/04/21

ISBN: 4831855804
Handbook for Japanese Studies

Motegi Ken’nosuke and Tomono Fumiaki, eds.

Bungaku Tsushin　2022/04/11

ISBN: 4909658734
The Present and Future of Japanese Intellectual History: Conflict and Harmony

Maeda Tsutomu and Karube Tadashi, eds.

Perikansha　2021/05/10

ISBN: 4831515906
Series History of Religion in Modern Japan, vol. 5

Shimazono Susumu, Sueki Fumihiko, Ōtani Eiichi, Nishimura Akira

Shunjusha　2021/03/27

ISBN: 4393299655
Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan

Klautau, Orion, Hans Martin Krämer

University of Hawaiʻi Press　2021/03

ISBN: 0824884582
Murakami Senshō and Modern Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

Hozokan　2021/02

ISBN: 4831855618
Secularism and Religion in Europe: From the Early Modern to the Contemporary Era

Date Kiyonobu, ed.

Keiso Shobo　2020/11/02

ISBN: 4326102861
Developing Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences Remotely: Teaching Reports from the First Semester of 2020

Ōshima Eriko, Koizumi Yūto, Motegi Ken’nosuke

Lion Press　2020/10

ISBN: 9784600005191
Kamis and Buddhas in the Bakumatsu and Restoration Periods

Iwata Mami, Kirihara Kenshin, eds.

Hozokan　2018/11/07

ISBN: 4831855553
Japanese Buddhism from the Perspective of Comparative Thought

Sueki Fumihiko, ed.

Sankibo Busshorin　2017/12/28

ISBN: 4796302603
Handbook for Research on Buddhist History

Society for the History of Buddhism

Hozokan　2017/02/15

ISBN: 4831860050
Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea

Anderson, Emily

Palgrave Macmillan　2017/01

ISBN: 9789811015656
Postwar Historiography and Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

Hozokan　2016/10

ISBN: 4831855448
Studies on Modern Buddhism

Ōtani Eiichi, Yoshinaga Shin’ichi, Kondō Shuntarō

Hozokan　2016/04/10

ISBN: 483185543X
Kamis, Humans, and the Dead

Tōhoku daigaku nihon shisōshi kenkyūshitsu and Togashi Susumu, eds.

Iwata Shoin　2015/04/01

ISBN: 4872949021
Series The Japanese and Religion, vol. 2

Shimazono Susumu, Takano Toshihiko, Hayashi Makoto and Wakao Masaki, eds.

Shunjusha　2014/11/21

ISBN: 4393299426
Transformations of the Buddha: Crisscrossing Streams of Modern Buddhism

Sueki Fumihiko, Hayashi Makoto, Ōtani Eiichi, Yoshinaga Shin’ichi, eds.

Hozokan　2014/03/31

ISBN: 4831862266
Encyclopedia of Japanese Buddhism

Minowa Kenryō

Yoshikawa Kōbunkan　2014/01/08

ISBN: 4642080945
The Politics of Buddhist Studies in Early Twentieth-Century Japan

Klautau, Orion

NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions, Kyoto　2014

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Special Issue of Japanese Religions (Vol. 39, Nos. 1-2)
Buddhist Historiography as Modern Japanese Thought

Klautau, Orion

Hozokan　2012/09/01

ISBN: 4831873640

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Another Shōtoku: History and Mythmaking in Modern Japanese Religion International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Virtual Book Talk　2025/06/19

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This lecture examines the enduring fascination with the “true” image of Shōtoku Taishi (574–622) in twentieth-century Japan. By tracing the emergence of alternative historical narratives around him, it reveals how Shōtoku has been recast as both a symbol of religious and political importance and a romanticized figure endowed with supernatural power. The talk further explores how modern reinterpretations—spanning from the early twentieth century to the present—have woven together elements of occultism, mythology, and pseudo-history, forging new forms of storytelling that often blur the line between fact and fantasy. Engaging with a range of scholarly works and popular media, this presentation illustrates how these “alternative histories” have been crafted to appeal to both intellectual audiences and the broader public, reshaping Shōtoku’s legacy and his role in the Japanese cultural imagination.
Visions of Doom: Nostradamus in the Contemporary Japanese Mind International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Open Lecture, University of Gothenburg　2025/06/02
Towards a Comprehensive (Meta)history of the Takeuchi Documents International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

EANASE Workshop "Esotericism and Japan: Recent Developments"　2025/03/28
The Idea of Reformation in Modern Japanese Buddhism Invited

Klautau, Orion

10th Meeting of the Musashi University Society for East-West Cultural Studies　2025/03/14
The Preceptor of Japan and his Teachings: Shōtoku Taishi and the Modern Constitution International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

International Research Forum "The Weaving of Religious Cultures: Between Words and Things"　2024/12/15

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Presenting: Orion Klautau (Tohoku University), Kimishika Ayako (Wakō University), Kaitlyn Ugoretz (Nanzan University); Responding: Hirafuji Kikuko (Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University), Hosoda Ayako (Niigata University); Presiding: Hoshino Seiji (Kokugakuin University).
Envisioning “Occult” History: The Category of Gishi in Modern Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

2nd International Conference of the East Asian Network for the Academic Study of Esotericism　2024/11/30

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Symposium: "Occult Times, Occult Places: (Re)Imagined Histories in Modern Japan" (presenting: Dell Rose, Orion Klautau, Jon Morris; Responding: Ozawa Minoru)
Matsumoto Hikojirō and Kamakura New Buddhism as Religious Reformation

Klautau, Orion

2024 Annual Congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon Shisōshi Gakkai)　2024/11/10

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Panel Session: "Narratives in Japanese Religious History: Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity" (panelists: Kimura Yūnosuke, Orion Klautau, Hoshino Seiji, Responding: Murakami Aki)
New Perspectives on the Discourse of 'Kamakura New Buddhism as Religious Reformation': Hara Katsurō and Beyond Invited

Klautau, Orion

74th Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Buddhism　2024/10/27
The Postwar Ninja Phenomenon as Global Religious History: Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya and Beyond International-presentation

Faxneld, Per, Orion Klautau

Conference “Esotericism and Global Visual Culture”　2024/10/05

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Perhaps the best example of a martial art that became popular by capitalizing on secrecy is Ninjutsu. Although the figure of the shinobi does appear in various premodern sources, it was not until Hatsumi Masaaki (b. 1931) began his activities in the late 1960s that Ninjutsu became widely accessible as a martial art. After gaining fame due to the global interest sparked by the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, the 1970s marked an even more critical moment for Ninjutsu in Japan, coinciding with the domestic “Occult Boom,” where the idea of individuals achieving supernatural feats through spiritual and physical practices provided fertile ground for its popularization. Responding to both this internal trend and the Western “ninja craze” of the 1980s, the entertainment company Toei deviated from its Metal Hero tradition and, instead of focusing on characters powered by high-tech suits, produced Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya (1988-1989), a TV show about a teenager who becomes the world’s greatest shinobi warrior. This presentation is the first scholarly attempt to contextualize this series in global history, highlighting an important yet overlooked chapter of a phenomenon that developed at the crossroads of religion and self-cultivation.
Reformation and Japanese Buddhism during the Meiji 10s

Klautau, Orion

83rd annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies (Nihon Shūkyō Gakkai)　2024/09/15
Fear and Loathing in Japan: Buddhism in Early Heisei Apocalyptic Discourses International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

2024 Joint East Asian Studies Conference (JEASC)　2024/06/27

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Presiding: Tim Graf; Erica Baffelli, "Connecting the Disconnected: Collective Graves and Memorial Rituals in a Tokyo Temple"; Tim Graf, "Prayer as Crisis Evocation in Contemporary Japanese Zen"; Orion Klautau, "Fear and Loathing in Japan: Buddhism in Early Heisei Apocalyptic Discourses", Paulina Kolata, "Stories of Fear, Guilt and Shame: Afterlives of Unwanted Gifts in Depopulating Japan"
The Temptation of History: Gishi in Contemporary Japanese Occulture International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Workshop "Religion and the Occult in Modern Japan"　2024/06/21

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Chair: Liana Saif (University of Amsterdam), Julian Strube (University of Göttingen), "Notions of 'Esotericism' in Different (Academic) Cultural Contexts: Bridging Gaps and Starting Conversations"; Ioannis Gaitanidis (Chiba University), "Omission and the Globalization of Academic Concepts"; Sangyun Han (University of Amsterdam), "Mikkyō as Global Religious History"; Orion Klautau (Tohoku University), "The Temptation of History: Gishi in Contemporary Japanese Occulture"; Yuna Cui (Tohoku University), "Legitimizing Magic in Japan: The case of Eguchi Koretaka"
Kamakura Buddhism and Reformation: Reconsidering Hara Katsurō's Historiographical Thought

Klautau, Orion

Workshop: "Religious Ideas on Reform and Revolution in Modern and Contemporary Japan"　2024/02/02

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Kimura Yūnosuke, "Oaths and Reforms in Modern Shinto: Kume Kunitake, Sectarian Shinto, and Shinto Wedding Ceremonies"; Kondō Shuntarō, "Pure Land Buddhist Thought on Reform and Revolution in Modern and Contemporary Japan: Shinran, Rennyo, and the Peasantry"; Response: Satō Hiroo, Presiding: Motegi Ken'nosuke
Japan's Okaruto and the Perspective of Global Religious History: A Response Invited

Klautau, Orion

Symposium: "Tohoku and the Occult: Imagining the Unseen"　2024/01/06

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Response to presentations by Ichiyanagi Hirotaka (Issues and Prospects in the Study of the Supernatural: Fukurai Tomokichi's Sendai Period as a Point of Departure), Katō Satoshi (Psychic Sciences and Academia in Pre- and Post-War Japan), Ōmichi Haruka (Osanami Toshie, a Miko from Tsuruoka, and the Modern Spiritual Dimension: Between Folk Religion and the Occult), and Nihei Masato (The Concept of 'Possession' as a Method: Terayama Shūji and Underground 'Tohoku')
In Search of New Buddhism: Reformation Tropes in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

The Fifth Annual Tohoku Conference on Global Japanese Studies　2023/12/09

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Panel Session: " Luther goes East: Reformation Narratives in Modern China and Japan"; Presenting: Wu Peiyao (Shanghai Normal University), "Religious Reform in China: The Confucianity Movement and National Salvation (1890s-1910s)"; James C. Ungureanu (The Stony Brook School), "New Reformations in Religious History: A Response"; Presiding: Hoshino Seiji (Kokugakuin University)
Reformation and Buddhism in Takahashi Gorō

Klautau, Orion

2023 Annual Congress of the Association for Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon Shisōshi Gakkai)　2023/11/12

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Panel Session: "Takahashi Gorō in in the History of Modern Japanese Religious Ideas" (Hioki Naoko, Hoshino Seiji, Kurita Hidehiko)
Teaching about the 'Occult' in a Japanese Public University: Historiographical Challenges International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

EANASE Hybrid Workshop "Pedagogy and Esotericism"　2023/09/20
Harmonizing the Prince: Shōtoku Taishi’s constitution between the Taishō and early Shōwa years International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies　2023/08/19

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Panel Session; "A Tradition of Reinvention: Shōtoku Taishi in Modern Japanese Religious History" (Hayashi Makoto, Yulia Burenina, Ishii Kosei)
The Varieties of Shōtoku Taishi's Image in Modern Japan

Klautau, Orion

25th Japanese Studies International Research Workshop　2023/07/19
Mikkyō and Esoteric Buddhism: The Genealogy of an Entanglement International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Workshop, "What is 'Esotericism' in South and East Asia?"　2023/06/30

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Julian Strube (University of Vienna), "What is 'Esotericism' in Asia? Methodological Challenges and Historical Developments Since the Sixteenth Century"; Ioannis Gaitanidis (Chiba University), "The Esotericism of 'Japanese Religions'"; Avery Morrow (Brown University), "Conceptualizing Esoteric Shinto"; Sang-yun Han (Tohoku University), "Between Religion and Superstition: The Conceptual Entanglement of Mikkyō and the Occult in Postwar Japan"
Shōtoku Taishi in the Making of a Judeo-Christian Japanese Past International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

9th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE)　2023/06/26

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EANASE Panel Session: “Alternative ancient histories of Japan in the 20th century” (Orion Klautau, Ioannis Gaitanidis, Ōmi Toshihiro, Avery Morrow)
Towards a History of the Public Study of Buddhism in Modern Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Symposium, "The Study of Japanese Religions Past, Present, and Future: Fifty Years of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies"　2023/06/10

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Session, "Research on the Study of Japanese Religions" (Saturday, June 10, 9:00-17:00); Participants: Emi Foulk Bushelle (Western Washington University), Orion Klautau (Tohoku University), Jolyon Baraka Thomas (University of Pennsylvania), and Aike Rots (University of Oslo)
Mikkyō and Esoteric Buddhism: The Discursive History of a Modern Entanglement

Klautau, Orion

Symposium: "Modern Buddhist History and Studies on the Occult: The Task left by Yoshinaga Shin'ichi"　2023/05/27

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Panelists: Chuang Chienhui, Kurita Hidehiko, Orion Klautau; Response: Okamoto Yoshiko, Ioannis Gaitanidis; Convener: Ōmi Toshihiro
Hayashi Makoto and the Writing of 'Modern' Japanese Buddhist History

Klautau, Orion

Future Prospects for Research on Japanese Religion: Reconsidering Hayashi Makoto's Scholarship on the History of Japanese Religion　2023/03/24

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Panel Session 1: Umeda Chihiro, Orion Klautau, Ōtani Eiichi (presenting), Kirihara Kenshin (convener), Hayashi Makoto (response)
The Constitution of Essence: Shōtoku Taishi in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Thought International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Interpreting Japan / Interpreting Buddhism: A Conference Celebrating 35 Years of Partnership between the Numata Foundation and the University of Chicago　2022/10/18
The Power of Prophecy: Shotoku Taishi and the Postwar Occult Milieu International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

Hybrid Workshop: "Esotericism East and West: New Perspectives"　2022/09/22
Salvation Comes from the East: The Development of Goto Ben's Eschatology in Heisei Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Workshop: "The Occult in Post-war Japan: Historical Perspectives"　2022/09/01
Religion in Modern Japan: The Practice of a Concept International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Undergraduate Lecture, UC "Arte Japonesa"　2022/05/30
From Bodhisattva to Jurist: Shotoku Taishi and Japanese Modernity International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Graduate Lecture, Research Seminar in Art History　2022/05/16
Shōtoku Taishi: The Modern Saga of an Ancient Japanese Prince International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Public Lecture, Laboratório de Estudos da Ásia　2022/04/26
Shōtoku Taishi as a Modern Constitutionalist International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

国際シンポジウム「聖徳太子の近代」　2022/03/05

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Panelists: Arthur DeFrance, Yulia Burenina, Responding: Ishii Kōsei
Reformation in the Creation of Modern Japanese Buddhism International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Special Lecture (Tokubetsu kōen), 10th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Inoue Enryo Research　2021/11/27
A Nostradamus for Japan: Contemporary Depictions of Shōtoku Taishi as a Doomsday Prophet International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

1st International Conference of the East Asian Network for the Academic Study of Esotericism　2021/11/20
Ōsumi Shun’s Position in the History of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

80th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies (Nihon Shūkyō Gakkai)　2021/09/08
Revisiting Religious Reformation: Shūkyō Kaikaku in Japanese History and Historiography International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

16th International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies　2021/08/25
Murakami Senshō as a Research Problem Invited

Klautau, Orion

Special Lecture at the Ōtani Branch Research Center for Doctrinal Studies　2021/05/26
The Modernizing Japanese Medieval: History and Historiography of the New Buddhism of Kam-akura International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Keynote Lecture, 11th LATHIMM International Conference: “The Image of the Medieval: History and Theory”　2020/12/09
Murakami Senshō in the History of Modern Japanese Buddhism Invited

Klautau, Orion

Guest Lecture at Taisho University’s Institute for Comprehensive Studies of Buddhism　2019/12/12
Reconsidering the Role of Biography in the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

Panel Session Organizer, 78th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2019/09/14

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Panelists: Hoshino Seiji, Stefan Grace, Micah Auerback, Responding: Moriya Tomoe & John Breen
Religion and Ethics in Early Twentieth-Century Japan: Murakami Senshō and Buddhist Modernity International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

The 2nd Indonesia-Japan Scientific Forum/International Symposium on Japanese Studies　2019/08/13
Hara Tanzan and Modern Japanese Buddhism Invited

Klautau, Orion

Symposium “Komazawa Daigaku ni okeru ‘Zen to Kokoro’ tankyū no rekishi” [The History of the Search for ‘Zen and the Mind’ at Komazawa University]　2019/07/20
The Predicament of the Non-Modern: Murakami Senshō and the Essence of Buddhism in Meiji Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions　2019/06/28

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Panel Session; "Rethinking Modernity, Change and Continuity in Japanese Buddhism in the Meiji period (1868–1912)" (Paride Stortini, Mick Deneckere, Bruce Gordon Grover)
Modern Buddhism and Narratives on Japanese Thought

Klautau, Orion

27th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2019/06/01
Mahāyāna Authenticity and Nirvana Theories in Meiji Japan Invited

Klautau, Orion

International Workshop “Nihon Bukkyō to Seiyō/Sekai no 19-seiki” [Japanese Buddhism, The West, and the World in the Nineteenth-Century]　2018/11/02
The Haibutsu Kishaku Movement and its Position in Modernity

Klautau, Orion

2018 Annual Congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon Shisōshi Gakkai)　2018/10/14

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Panel Session: "Nihon shisōshi to shite no shinbutsu bunri/haibutsu kishaku" (panelists: Orion Klautau, Hayashi Makoto, Ikeda Tomofumi, Responding: Kirihara Kenshin)
Religion and Ethics in Murakami Senshō's Turn-of-the-century Thought

Klautau, Orion

77th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2018/09/08
Considering the Concept of “Religion”: The Development of Buddhism as a “Religion” in Mod-ern Japan Invited

Klautau, Orion

Special Lecture, 19th Workshop Saloon, The Center for Shin Buddhist Studies　2018/06/01
Theories on the Mahāyāna in the Context of Meiji-era Buddhist Studies

Klautau, Orion

26th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2018/05/26
Buddhism in Modern Japan: Networks and Scholarship International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Oslo-Tohoku International Workshop "Buddhism in Japanese History: New Perspectives"　2018/01/26
Guiding a Great Vehicle: The Mahāyāna and Buddhist Studies in Meiji Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Heidelberg University Workshop “Mahāyāna in Europe"　2017/11/02
Developments in the Understanding of the Self and the Other in Late Edo Buddhist Thought Invited

Klautau, Orion

Symposium in Commemoration for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History (Section 1, "Conflict and Assimilation")　2017/10/29

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Session 1, Presenting: Orion Klautau, Nagaoka Takashi
Modern Buddhism and Shūyō: Murakami Senshō’s Ideas on Education

Klautau, Orion

76th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2017/09/16
By Pen and Sword: Varieties of Gohō Strategies in Bakumatsu Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies　2017/08/08

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Panel Session; " Defending the Dharma in Nineteenth-Century Japan" (Paul Swanson, Janine Tasca Sawada, Hoshino Seiji, Responding: Hayashi Makoto)
Shin Buddhism during the Bakumatsu Period and its Place in the Context of Japanese Religious History Invited

Klautau, Orion

Special Lecture at the Ōtani Branch Research Center for Doctrinal Studies　2017/06/16
A Brief History of the Idea of Religion in Modern Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Special Class, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras　2017/03/17
The Development of the Concept of Religion in Post-Meiji Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Workshop Portugal-Japão, FCSH　2016/12/14
Replacing Persecution: Haibutsu Kishaku in Early Shōwa Historiography International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

2016 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting　2016/11/19

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Panel Session: “Japanese Buddhism and the Fifteen-Year War” (Jeff Schroeder, Micah L. Auerback, Jacqueline I. Stone, Responding: Hayashi Makoto)
The Two Truths in Modern Academia: Murakami Senshō and the Shinzoku Nitai International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (2016 AAR Annual Meeting)　2016/11/19

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Panel Session: “An Ancient Doctrine for New Times: The Shinzoku Nitai in Modern Japanese Buddhism” (Iwata Mami, Jeff Schroeder, Gereon Kopf, Daniel G. Friedrich, Responding: Micah Auerback)
Japanese Thought: The (Re-)Makign of an Idea International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

XI Congresso Internacional de Estudos Japoneses no Brasil　2016/09/23

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Panel Session; "Discursos Acadêmicos no Japão Moderno" (Ernani Shoiti Oda, Hayashi Makoto, Orion Klautau)
The Concept of Religion in Modern Japan: A Historical Perspective International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Public Lecture, Asian Studies Group, Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences (FFLCH-USP)　2016/09/13
In Defense of the Dharma: Buddhism and its ‘Others’ in Late Edo Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

Early Modern Japan Network (2016 AAS Annual Conference)　2016/04/02

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Panel Session: “Toward Restoration? Japanese Religion during the Edo-Meiji Transition” (Jessica Main, Takashi Miura, John Breen, Respondent: Janine Sawada)
Murakami Senshō and Modern Japanese Buddhism Invited

Klautau, Orion

Keynote Speech, 8th Conference of the Society the Philosophy of Religion in Japan　2016/03/26
The Development of Discourses on ‘Japanese Buddhism’ in the Modern Period International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

International Symposium "Japan as Object, Japan as Method"　2015/10/30
The Activities of Ryūon (1800-1885) and the Formation of Modern Buddhism in Japan

Klautau, Orion

74th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2015/09/05
Discursive Developments in Buddhism during the Bakumatsu Period: Ryūon’s Ideas in Defense of the Dharma

Klautau, Orion

23rd annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2015/05/16
Murakami Senshō’s Comparative Enterprise: An Episode in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought Invited

Klautau, Orion

International Symposium "Hikaku Shisō kara mita nihon bukkyō" [Japanese Buddhism from the Perspective of Comparative Thought]　2015/02/20
The Bakumatsu and Restoration Periods in Historical Studies of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

2014 Annual Congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon Shisōshi Gakkai)　2014/10/26

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Panel Session: "The ‘Eve’ of Modern Japanese Buddhism: The Range of Buddhist Apologetic Discourses in the Bakumatsu and Restoration Eras" (Orion Klautau, Nishimura Ryō, Matsukane Naomi, Ueno Daisuke, Iwata Mami, Kirihara Kenshin)
Academic Discourses on Japanese Buddhism During the Fifteen-Year War International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Conference “Empire of Religions: Exploring Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea”　2014/07/27

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Session 4: “Pan-Asian Legitimisation of Empire” (Orion Klautau, Emily Anderson, Chair: Mark Mullins)
Central Issues in the Modernization of Buddhism in Japan International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Lecture, Religion and Philosophy Network Seminar　2014/06/12
Shinran and Nationalism in the Japanese Empire

Klautau, Orion

Ryukoku University Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia Annual Symposium　2014/05/17

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Panelists: Hikino Kyōsuke, Iwata Mami, Daniel Friedrich, Ōmi Toshihiro, Kondō Shuntarō (Response: Taira Masayuki, Fukushima Eiju)
An Introduction to Postwar Historiography of Japanese Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

22nd annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2014/05/10
Japanese Buddhism: The Development of an Idea in the Context of Empire (1880s-1940s) International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Public Lecture, Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions　2014/03/13
A World-Unifying Prophet: Shinran and Nationalism in Imperial Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (2013 AAR Annual Meeting)　2013/11/24

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Panel Session: “(Re)imagining the Founder: Shinran in Modern Japanese History” (Ryan Ward, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Daniel Friedrich, Responding: Hayashi Makoto)
Takakusu Junjirō and the Ideal of a Buddhist Citizenry in Early Twentieth-Century Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

2013 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting　2013/11/23

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Panel Session: “Committed Scholars: Buddhist Studies and Politics in Early Twentieth-Century Japan” (Makoto Hayashi, Jolyon Thomas, Bryan Lowe, Responding: James C. Dobbins)
Reconsidering the Bukkyō Kōnin Movement

Klautau, Orion

72nd annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2013/09/07

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Panel Session: “Turning Points in the History of Modern Japanese Buddhism” (Orion Klautau, Hayashi Makoto, Ejima Naotoshi, Okada Masahiko, Responding: Tanigawa Yutaka)
Buddhist Studies in Modern Japan and the Discourse on ‘Bukkyō/Buddhism’

Klautau, Orion

Nichibunken Symposium "Modern Buddhism from a Transnational Perspective"　2012/12/02
Academic Discourse on Japanese Buddhism in the Postwar Period

Klautau, Orion

71st annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2012/09/09

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Panel session: “Revisiting Postwar Theories of Japanese Buddhism (Orion Klautau, Kirihara Kenshin, Ryan Ward, Ōmi Toshihiro, Responding: Satō Hiroo)
Revisiting the ‘Three Nation’ Discourse: Early 20th Century Narratives on the Distinctive Features of ‘Japanese Buddhism’ International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

Association for Asian Studies 2012 Conference　2012/03/15

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Panel Session: “The Construction of Religions between China and Japan, 1860s-1930s” (Gregory A. Scott, Yuki Miyamoto, Ronald P. Loftus, Erik Schicketanz, Responding: Richard M. Jaffe)
Mid-Meiji Discourses on Japanese Buddhism: The Bukkyō Kōnin Movement and Its Propositions

Klautau, Orion

70th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2011/09/03

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Panel Session: “New Perspectives on Modern Japanese Buddhism: Nation-State, Social Engage-ment and the Constitutive Other" (Iwata Mami, Shigeta Shinji, Ōmi Toshihiro, Orion Klautau, Responding: Shimazono Susumu)
The Movement for Public Recognition of Buddhism at the end of the Nineteenth Century: its Significance for Intellectual History

Klautau, Orion

2011 Summer Seminar of the Association for the History of Japanese Religion (Nihon Shūkyōshi Kon’wakai)　2011/08/25
Formation of the Japanese Constitutional State and the Intellectual Developments of Modern Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

Guest Lecture at the 73rd meeting of the Association for the Study of Popular Thought (Minshū Shisō Kenkyūkai)　2011/08/17
Buddhism in Essence and Manifestation? Perspectives on Shōtoku Taishi and Shinran during the Fifteen-Year War International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

15th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies　2011/08/05

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Panel Session: “Modern Framings of Shin Buddhism: Historical, Literary and Institutional Adaptations of the 20th and 21st Centuries” (Ryan Ward, Jessica Starling, Daniel Friedrich)
Discourses on Japanese Buddhism during the Fascist Period: Some Issues Invited

Klautau, Orion

Guest Lecture at public symposium “Misreadings of Buddhism.” 63rd annual meeting of the Society for Studies in the Japanese Literary Arts (Nihon Bungei Kenkyūkai)　2011/06/11

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Presenters: Usui Shin'ichi, Orion Klautau, Tajima Masaru
Academic Discourses on Japanese Buddhism during the Fifteen-year War Invited

Klautau, Orion

Guest Lecture at public symposium “The Fifteen-year War and Modern Buddhism,” 19th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History (Nihon Kindai Bukkyōshi Kenkyūkai)　2011/06/04

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Presenters: Yagi Hideya, Orion Klautau, Shirakawa Tetsuo, Responding: Takeda Michio, Convener: Ōtani Eiichi
Shin Buddhist Faith and the Academic Study of Buddhism in Modern Japan International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

2010 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting　2010/10/31

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Workshop: "Defining Shin Buddhist Modernity" (Galen Amstutz, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Daniel Friedrich, Jessica Main)
Buddhist Studies and the Jōdo Shin Sect: The Case of the (Imperial) University of Tokyo

Klautau, Orion

2010 Annual Congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon Shisōshi Gakkai)　2010/10/17

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Panel session: “Modern Buddhism and the Problem of Shinshū” (Orion Klautau, Kirihara Kenshin, Ōmi Toshihiro, Responding: Hikino Kyōsuke)
The Great Coalition for Revering the Emperor and Serving the Buddha and Its Intellectual En-terprise

Klautau, Orion

69th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2010/09/04
(Re)inventing ‘Japanese Buddhism’: Murakami Senshō and the Writing of History International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

XXth International Association for the History of Religions Quinquennial World Congress　2010/08/20

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Panel Session: “Rethinking Japanese Buddhism: Kawaguchi Ekai and Murakami Sensho” (Kirihara Kenshin, Richard M. Jaffe, Takayama Hidetsugu)
Religious Studies in Brazil: Modernity, Catholicism and the State International-presentation

Klautau, Orion

XXth International Association for the History of Religions Quinquennial World Congress　2010/08/19

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Panel Session: “Comparative Perspectives on the Development of ‘Religious Studies’” (Makoto Hayashi, Ali Rafet Özkan, Tomas Bubik, Henryk Hoffmann, Jurij Babinov, Respondent: William Paden)
Murakami Senshō and the ‘distinctive features of Japanese Buddhism’

Klautau, Orion

18th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2010/05/22
An Introduction to the Study of Japanese Buddhism International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

Guest Lecture at the State University of Pará (UEPA)　2010/05/06
The Development of Discourses on Japanese Buddhism During the Taishō Period: An analysis Centered on the Theories of Takakusu Junjirō

Klautau, Orion

2009 Annual congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History　2009/10/18
Inquiries into ‘Japanese Buddhism’: Historical Writing and Sectarian Reconfiguration in the Modern Period

Klautau, Orion

68th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2009/09/12

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Panel session: “The Reconfiguration of Japanese Buddhism: From the Early Modern to the Mod-ern Era" (Orion Klautau, Tanigawa Yutaka, Hikino Kyōsuke, Nishimura Ryō, Responding: Hayashi Makoto)
The Discourse on Edo-period Buddhist Decadence: its Modern Formation and Historical Meaning International-presentation Invited

Klautau, Orion

International Conference "Perspectives on Religion and Ritual in Early Modern Japan" (Leiden University)　2009/06/02
From Scholasticism to Buddhology: Hara Tanzan’s position in the context of Modern Buddhism

Klautau, Orion

Tohoku University/Nara Women’s University Joint Research Workshop　2009/03/16
The Development of Discourses on Japanese Buddhism during the Fifteen-Year War: The Works of Hanayama Shinshō

Klautau, Orion

2008 Annual congress of the Association of Japanese Intellectual History　2008/10/19
Buddhism as a Past Relic: Modernity and Anti-Clericalism in Tsuji Zennosuke

Klautau, Orion

67th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2008/09/15
The Spirit of Modern State and Criticism of Buddhism in the works of Tsuji Zennosuke

Klautau, Orion

51st Congress of the Association for Indology and Study of Religion　2008/06/07
The Ideas of the Buddhist Ethical League: a Pre-history of ‘Buddhism and Modernity’

Klautau, Orion

Monthly meeting of the Society for the Study of Japanese Intellectual History (Nihon shisōshi kenkyūkai)　2008/01/12
The Development of Tsuji Zennosuke's Scholarship on Buddhist History

Klautau, Orion

66th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2007/09/17
Tsuji Zennosuke’s Buddhist Historiography

Klautau, Orion

50th Congress of the Association for Indology and Study of Religion　2007/06/10
The Historical Significance of Tsuji Zennosuke’s Image of the Edo Period

Klautau, Orion

5th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Modern Japanese Buddhist History　2007/05/19
The Modern Formation of the Discourse on Early Modern Buddhist Decadence

Klautau, Orion

65th annual conference of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies　2006/09/18
Tracing the Genealogy of the Discourse on Early Modern Buddhist Decadence: an Analysis Cen-tered on Murakami Senshō and His Students

Klautau, Orion

49th Congress of the Association for Indology and Study of Religion　2006/06/11
Continuity and Change in the Discourse on Early Modern Buddhist Decadence

Klautau, Orion

48th Congress of the Association for Indology and Study of Religion　2005/05/28

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Research Projects 14

Japanese Mind Cure Movements during the Total War and Occupation Period: Their Intersections with Buddhism and Shinto

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Institution: Bukkyo University

2025/04 - 2028/03
An Intellectual History of Shotoku Taishi's Representation as a Constitution-maker

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Institution: Tohoku University

2024/04 - 2027/03
Japanese and Chinese Buddhist Exchanges at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: The Case of Indology

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Institution: Tohoku University

2023/11/15 - 2026/03/31
An Intellectual History of Kamakura New Buddhism and the Reformation in Modern Japan Competitive

KLAUTAU Orion

Offer Organization: Mitsubishi Foundation

System: Research Grant for the Humanities (general)

2023/10 - 2025/03
近代仏教と民間精神療法：プラクティスの近代化とグローバル化

栗田英彦, KLAUTAU Orion, 碧海寿広, 吉永進一

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(C)

Category: 基盤研究(C)

Institution: 佛教大学

2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31

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本年度もコロナ禍により資料収集と対面研究会に大幅な制限がかかったために予定変更を余儀なくされたが、以下の成果を収めた。代表者の栗田英彦が担当していた『日本心霊』の目次取り作業は完了して誌面分析に進み、その成果はオンライン公開研究会・第1回「プラクティスの近代」研究会で報告した。前年度から新たな課題として立ち上がった民間精神療法・霊性思想と政治的言説の関連については栗田と分担者の吉永進一が研究を進め、『現代思想』陰謀論特集で各々論考を発表した。栗田はさらに太田竜と陰謀論に関する依頼講演を行い、論文集『〈怪異〉とナショナリズム』にも論考を寄稿した。分担者の碧海寿広は近代仏教を含む近代日本宗教の政治との関わりについて『The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions』で発表した。特に重要な成果として、吉永の単著『神智学と仏教』が刊行され、近代仏教と霊性思想の関係史について学会内外に大きく成果を示すことができた。栗田はこの著作の公開書評会に関わり、その学術的意義を紹介した。吉永と栗田で行ってきた民間精神療法関係資料の収集と公開については、『術と行の近代の近代―精神療法・霊術・宗教第1回配本』（クレス出版）の復刻シリーズとして刊行することができた。仏教プラクティス関係の目録作成については、分担者のオリオン・クラウタウを中心に進め、『法之雨』の作業が完了した。国際化については、吉永の発案により、クラウタウを中心に東アジアのエソテリシズム（オカルティズム）研究の国際的プラットフォームEANASEを整備し、第1回国際会議も開催した。本科研はこれの後援を行い、クラウタウが聖徳太子とオカルト言説の関連を国際会議で発表し、栗田は吉永の業績一覧を作成しEANASEのウェブサイトで公開した。
The Reconception of Religion in Early Modern Europe and the Japanese Christian Mission

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Category: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Institution: Tohoku University

2019/11/08 - 2022/03/31
A Preliminary Study on Murakami Sensho

Klautau Orion

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Institution: Tohoku University

2017/04/01 - 2020/03/31

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This study attempted to understand the historical development of the ideas of Murakami Sensho (1851-1929), first full professor of the "Indian Philosophy" department at Tokyo (Imperial) University, and famous for having asserted, from the academic perspective of Buddhist Studies, that the Mahayana had not been spoken by the "golden mouth" of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. Besides shedding further light on the context of his intellectual formation, I also have, from the perspective of topics such as morality, history, self-cultivation and doctrinal studies, managed to depict Murakami's contributions to the development of "Japanese Buddhism" as a modern discourse. I have produced a comprehensive catalogue of Murakami Sensho's works (which encompass forty years of academic and religious activities), and completed an edited volume which will serve as an introduction to his life and thought.
Japanese Buddhism and Kyoka during the Transition to the Modern Period

IWATA Mami

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Institution: Ryukoku University

2016/04/01 - 2019/03/31

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The purpose of this study is to reveal developments and metamorphoses of religion including Buddhism in the nineteenth century as a period of transition to modern thorough investigating the actual conditions of “kyoge / kyoka” (教化: teach and convert), “mission” and heathen exclusionism.In recent years, the studies on Japanese religions especially Buddhism in the early modern times or modern times have made great progress. However, most of these studies show tendency to stay their own fields based on the historical periodization.This study comprehensively rethought these research results of each age in “a sequence”, and described the religious world in the nineteenth century Japan with a focus on “practice” like “kyoge / kyoka”, which had shown big changes in a period of transition to modern.
The Idea of Japanese Buddhism: History, Modernity, and the Nation-State

KLAUTAU Orion

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Institution: Tohoku University

2015/08/28 - 2017/03/31

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This research considered, in the context of the formation of modernity, shifts in the way Buddhists understood themselves vis-a-vis their "others" (Christians, Nativist scholars, foreigners, etc.), including changes in the ways they depicted their own history. I have focused mainly on five topics -- namely changes in the understanding of Buddhism after 1853; discussions of national morality in the Meiji 20s; educational enterprises and discourses on "shuyo" during the Meiji 30s; historical writing and nationalism in the Taisho and early Showa years; and the transition of the idea of "Japanese Buddhism" into the postwar period. Besides numerous specific findings pertaining to each of the above issues separately, I was also able to provide further insight on the broader role played by "Japanese Buddhism" as a discursive device within the framework of the modern state.
A Study of Intellectual History in Buddhism Apologetics in the Bakumatsu Japan

KIRIHARA Kenshin, OGAWARA Masamichi, KLAUTAU Orion, MATSUKANE Naomi, IWATA Mami, UENO Daisuke

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

2012/04/01 - 2015/03/31

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The aim of this research was to build a bridge from the Tokugawa period to the Meiji era. Many scholars studied this changeover period and provided plentiful results. However the most of them were on the subject of political history, there were only a few scholars who are concerned with history of intellectual or religions. Actually, when some historians, who found the word Goho (Buddhist apologetics) in this research's subject, asked its meaning, because they thought that Ho meant not dharma but law. They had little interest in the subject of intellectual or religions. This research group which was organized by young scholars, who perceived a tendency toward political history in the popular description of the 19c Japan, aimed to describe a history from the viewpoints of intellectual and religions. Especially, they had an eye to the workings of Buddhist Priests known as Gohoron or Haiyaron (antichrist). It was an attempt to depict the Cultural Space in the Bakumatsu Japan.
近代日本における仏教史叙述思想の研究

KLAUTAU Orion

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業

Category: 若手研究(B)

Institution: 龍谷大学

2013/04/01 - 2014/03/31
The Establishment and Development of Religious Observances at the Toshogu-Shrine

SONEHARA Satoshi, FUKUHARA Toshio, SATO Masato, KISHIMOTO Satoru, YAMASAWA Manabu, MAKINO Kazuo, WAKAO Masaki, OSHIMA Kaoru, OKAWA Makoto, ORION Klautau, CALEB Carter

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Institution: Tohoku University

2009 - 2012

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Through surveys and analysis of Toshogu, the leading religious institution of Early Modern Japan, this research project has sought to further our understanding of the roles of religion and thought in state and society. The fact that warriors (samurai) held onto power in Japanese society by force of authority as well as by force of arms and compunction is given as an example of contrast with Europe or China. This research project has examined of the forms of religious practice and institution which made that situation possible. A large number of reports and presentations have been delivered and many discussions held both in Japan and overseas. Every effort has been made to make the results of this research widely available.
近代における「日本仏教」論の形成と展開

佐藤弘夫, KLAUTAU Orion

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費

Category: 特別研究員奨励費

Institution: 東北大学

2010 - 2011

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本年度は、当初の研究実施計画に沿って、近代における「日本仏教」をめぐる言説の生成・展開の総合的な描写に取り組んだ。前年度までには、日露戦争を境目として、「汎アジア主義」の枠組みにおける日本仏教論の展開を考え、その政治的な役割を考察した。さらに大正期の日本仏教論が昭和10年代の宇井伯寿や花山信勝のいわゆる「国体的仏教論」と如何に連続し、如何に断絶しているかをも考察し、敗戦後における「日本仏教」論の行方を簡潔に概観して、学術誌などに発表することが出来た。23年度には、歴史的にいえば上記の諸問題よりも以前のことである、本研究のもうひとつの課題である「日本仏教論の誕生」に取り組んだ。1889年に結成される「尊皇奉仏大同団」に焦点を絞り、全国に散在しているその機関誌の数冊の所蔵先を特定し、閲覧することが出来た。それに合わせて、1890年代における仏教公認運動の展開と思想史的意味をも考察し、諸学会で報告した。こうして長いタイムスパンで「日本仏教」をめぐる語り方の変遷という課題に取り組んだ研究員は、以下のような展開を、さらに論証すべき仮説として指摘することが出来た。すなわち、(日本の)国家と仏教との密接な関係を主張するような言説は、「国教」の問題などが議論されていた大日本帝国憲法発布の前後において、当時に"普遍的"な価値を掲げていたキリスト教に対して展開されていたゆえに、「日本仏教」の特徴というよりも、仏教全般の性質として"愛国"を強調するものであった。しかし、日清戦争や日露戦争、および韓国併合以降は、政教一致や国教をめぐる議論がそれまでの活気を失ったという要素も働き、多くの仏教活動家の語りの相手はキリスト者でなく、アジア他国の仏教者へと移った。そういった変化に伴って、仏教者は益々、他国の仏教に対する「日本仏教」の独特の性質を強調するようになる。
The Foundation, Establishment and Development of Religious Observances at the Toshogu-Shrine

SONEHARA Satoshi, MAKINO Kazuo, FUKUHARA Toshio, SATO Masato, OSHIMA Kaoru, MATSUMOTO Koichi, KISHIMOTO Satoru, YAMASAWA Manabu, OKAWA MAKOTO, NAKAGAWA Jinki, WADA Ukiko, MANNAMI Hisako, KLAUTAU Orion, AOTANI Miu, SUGIYAMA Shunsuke

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Institution: Tohoku University

2006 - 2008

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Media Coverage 11

Roundtable Discussion: Fujiwara Satoko × Ioannis Gaitanidis × Orion Klautau, "Current Trends in Western Esotericism through the Lens of Devil Worship: On the Publication of Ruben van Luijk’s Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism"

Shūkan Dokushojin　No. 3594, p. 8

2025/06/20

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Touching the Heartstrings: Shōtoku Taishi Veiled, by Orion Klautau. The Boundaries between Alternative and Orthodox History

Kyodo News　Nara Shinbun (2025/01/18), San'yō Shinbun (2025/01/21), Ise Shinbun (2025/01/25), Akita Sakigake Shinpō (2025/01/28), Chūbu Keizai Shinbun (2025/02/05), etc.

2025/01

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Review of Shōtoku Taishi Veiled, by Orion Klautau

Kirishin: The Kirisuto Shimbun

2024/09/22

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Post Book Review (Review of Shotoku Taishi Veiled by Inoue Shōichi)

Shūkan Post　p.67

2024/08/09

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Hondana (Review of Shotoku Taishi Veiled)

Bukkyo Times　p.4

2024/08/01

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Hon Yomiuri Dō (Review of Shotoku Taishi Veiled by Karube Tadashi)

Yomiuri Newspaper (Morning Issue)　p.12

2024/06/30

Type: Newspaper, magazine
Satō Yūki's Shinsho News

Asahi Newspaper　p. 15

2024/06/22

Type: Newspaper, magazine

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Brief introduction of Ibi Takashi’s Rai San’yō (Iwanami) and Orion Klautau’s Shōtoku Taishi Veiled (Chikuma)
Why Did Shōtoku Taishi Come to Be Depicted as Having 'Supernatural Powers'? Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Pseudohistorical Discourses and Conspiracy Theories

Real Sound

2024/05/28

Type: Internet
Podcast, Klautau and Krämer, "Buddhism and Modernity" (U Hawaii Press, 2021)

New Books Network　New Books in East Asian Studies

2021/10

Type: Internet
僧と戦犯

テレビ朝日（メ～テレ制作）　ドキュメンタリー番組「テレメンタリー」

2021/01/14

Type: TV or radio program
著者に会いたい――オリオン・クラウタウ（異なる視点で日本仏教に向き合う）

ひとりふたり（125号）

2012

Type: Newspaper, magazine

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