...Sam Houston Brock, II The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought . By Hubert Benoit . New York : Pantheon , 1955 . xv, 248 . Index. $4.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 BOOK REVIEWS 631 perhaps less rewarding than some...

...Karen L. Brock Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama . By Money L. Hickman et al. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press , 1996 . 320 pp. $60.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 501 realistic, the sudden and the gradual...

...Karen L. Brock The Tale of Genji . Produced by Videochamp, Tokyo. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences . 1993 . VHS format, 60 minutes, Purchase $159.00; Rental $75.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 668 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Karen L. Brock Flowing Traces: Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan . Edited by James H. Sanford , William R. LaFleur , and Masatoshi Nagatomi . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1992 . xiv, 275 pp. $39.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

... of Gandhi's ideas. It belongs on all reading lists about Gandhi, and we all stand to profit if it reaches a wide audience. We thank Mark Juergensmeyer for having a vision that goes beyond ordinary scholarship. RODERICK CHURCH Brock University Bangladesh: Society, Politics, and Bureaucracy. Edited by MOHAMMAD...

... disseminator than an original thinker, and therefore is perhaps not among the most accomplished of masters. Schwaller has researched his material exhaustively. To my knowledge, his is the first non-Japanese presentation of the life of Tetsugen Doko. J O H N R. A. MAYER Brock University Masterworks...

... in perfectly intelligible terms. For an in-depth understanding of Yoga and Sankarite Vedanta, any student in the field will welcome this contribution. DEBABRATA SINHA Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1983 1983 Sankara on the Yoga-Sūtra-s (Volume...

...Pamela J. Asquith Biotechnology in Japan . By Malcolm V. Brock . London and New York : Routledge , 1989 . xiv, 156 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 407 realism" from "revolutionary idealism." In the final chapter, he creates...

..., agencies, private companies, and academia) in its implementation. The inclusion of the academic establishment is new in the industrial sector, but Brock points out its necessary cooperation as the maker of the knowledge that is translated into products in biotechnology. Having set the theoretical stage...

... the Long March, and especially during the many conferences along the way, is the most thorough treatment of that topic to date. PETER J. SEYBOLT University of Vermont JAPAN Biotechnology in Japan. By MALCOLM V. BROCK. London and New York: Routledge, 1989- xiv, 156 pp. Analyses ofJapan's postwar industrial...

... posthumously. Karen L. Brock s impressive knowledge of the arts and documents at Ko¯zanji unravels the complex web of patronages and art production concerning the professional Buddhist painter E nichibo¯ Jo¯nin. Brock shows that Ko¯zanji s famous paintings, including Myo¯e Seated in a Pine Forest (1230s...

... glossary of Chinese and Japanese names and terms. The illustrations are clear and well chosen. Essays by Julia K. Murray and Karen L. Brock study paintings created specifically for women viewers. Focusing on illustrations of the Ladies' Classic of Filial Piety done at the Southern Sung court, Murray...

... names and terms. The illustrations are clear and well chosen. Essays by Julia K. Murray and Karen L. Brock study paintings created specifically for women viewers. Focusing on illustrations of the Ladies' Classic of Filial Piety done at the Southern Sung court, Murray illuminates a tradition of didactic...

... and leader of the saddle-making guild Tori-busshi made Sho¯toku famous posthumously. Karen L. Brock s impressive knowledge of the arts and documents at Ko¯zanji unravels the complex web of patronages and art production concerning the professional Buddhist painter E nichibo¯ Jo¯nin. Brock shows that Ko¯zanji...

... but containing valuable data), Karen L. Brock's study of the Kasagi Maitreya, and Helen Hardacre's survey of Maitreya in modern Japan. In the third group are Jan Nattier's "Typological Analysis," which seems more valuable for the sources it considers than for its methodological speculations the latter lack...

... methods and pursue the predictable goals of their respective disciplines. The result is a selection of nine essays that show little awareness of recent burgeoning Japanese scholarship on medieval Japanese culture. KAREN L. BROCK Washington University KOREA North Korea in Transition. Edited by C H O N G...

.... Sodo material is, indeed, far more amenable to the type of psychological and intellectual approach that M. Benoit favors than the Rinzai material on which he has actually based this work and perhaps his whole thought. SAM HOUSTON BROCK II Dallas Far Eastern History. By EMELYN WALTZ. Boston: Christopher...

... conceived statement and extension of Gandhi's ideas. It belongs on all reading lists about Gandhi, and we all stand to profit if it reaches a wide audience. We thank Mark Juergensmeyer for having a vision that goes beyond ordinary scholarship. RODERICK CHURCH Brock University Bangladesh: Society, Politics...