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| Publications of Hwansoo Kim :chronological alphabetical combined listing:%% Books @book{fds182776, Author = {H. Kim}, Title = {Empire of The Dharma: Korean and Japanese Buddhism, 1877–1912}, Publisher = {Harvard Asia Center}, Year = {2013}, Month = {March}, Key = {fds182776} } @book{fds254847, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Empire of The Dharma: Korean and Japanese Buddhism, 1877–1912}, Volume = {344}, Pages = {444 pages}, Publisher = {Harvard University Asia Center}, Year = {2013}, Month = {February}, ISBN = {0674065751}, Abstract = {Empire of the Dharma explores the dynamic relationship between Korean and Japanese Buddhists in the years leading up to the Japanese annexation of Korea. Conventional narratives cast this relationship in politicized terms, with Korean Buddhists portrayed as complicit in the “religious annexation” of the peninsula. However, this view fails to account for the diverse visions, interests, and strategies that drove both sides. Hwansoo Ilmee Kim complicates this politicized account of religious interchange by reexamining the “alliance” forged in 1910 between the Japanese Soto sect and the Korean Wonjong order. The author argues that their ties involved not so much political ideology as mutual benefit. Both wished to strengthen Buddhism’s precarious position within Korean society and curb Christianity’s growing influence. Korean Buddhist monastics sought to leverage Japanese resources as a way of advancing themselves and their temples, and missionaries of Japanese Buddhist sects competed with one another to dominate Buddhism on the peninsula. This strategic alliance pushed both sides to confront new ideas about the place of religion in modern society and framed the way that many Korean and Japanese Buddhists came to think about the future of their shared religion.}, Key = {fds254847} } %% Papers Published @article{fds329473, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Buddhism during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392–1910): A Collective Trauma?}, Volume = {22}, Number = {1}, Pages = {101-142}, Year = {2017}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jks.2017.0004}, Abstract = {An increasing number of recent scholars have challenged the narrative of Korean Buddhism as persecuted, isolated, and debased under the Neo-Confucian orthodoxy of the Chosǒn dynasty (1392-1910). These scholars have revealed the continued support from both the state and Confucian aristocrats afforded to Buddhism; the friendship between yangbans and monastics; and the recognition of monastics' role in Chosǒn society. While these insights provide a welcome nuance to a consideration of the period, it should be also recognized that the anti-Buddhist paradigm was a pervasive norm at the state and local levels throughout the Chosǒn era. The perception that Buddhism was heretical and that monastics were socially inferior was so deeply ingrained in the minds of aristocrats and the populace for so long that monastics developed a sense of collective trauma. This article revisits the vicissitudes of Chosǒn Buddhism by considering an incident that took place in the 1930s in colonial Korea. This case will help scholars of Korean history and Buddhism understand how colonial-period monastics acted from the trauma of the anti-Buddhist paradigm of the Chosǒn dynasty.}, Doi = {10.1353/jks.2017.0004}, Key = {fds329473} } @article{fds220093, Author = {H.I. Kim}, Title = {'The Mystery of the Century’: Lay Buddhist Monk Villages (Chaegasŭngch’on) Near Korea’s Northernmost Border, 1600s–1960s}, Journal = {Seoul Journal of Korean Studies}, Volume = {26}, Number = {2}, Pages = {269-305}, Year = {2014}, Month = {December}, Abstract = {This article examines the history of the villages of lay monks (chaegasŭng) near North Korea’s northernmost border. These communities had been ignored for centuries until they suddenly became the object of scholarly and public attention when Korea fell under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). The men of the villages were called “lay monks.” They shaved their heads, had wives and children, and had more than one ethnic identity. Despite the sizable number of lay monk villages in this region, their long history and, more importantly, their monastic identity and Buddhist lifestyle, narratives about these communities are almost absent in the historiography of Korean Buddhism. The absence of a written history is ascribed to that historiography’s privileged focus on the influential figures, doctrines, texts, and schools that contributed to the protection of the state. Colonial experiences and national divisions have reinforced these elite- and nation-centered narratives about Korean Buddhism to the exclusion of its more pluralistic, local dimensions on the periphery. If the history of these lay monk communities is understood within the context of Chosŏn Buddhism (1392–1910) placed under the Neo-Confucian hegemony of the Chosŏn dynasty, then clearly the existence of these communities is not an anomaly developed independently, but instead is an integral part of Korean Buddhism.}, Key = {fds220093} } @article{fds220092, Author = {H.I. Kim}, Title = {Social Stigmas of Buddhist Monastics and the Lack of Lay Buddhist Leadership in Colonial Korea (1910–1945)}, Journal = {Korea Journal}, Volume = {26}, Number = {2}, Pages = {269-305}, Year = {2014}, Month = {December}, Abstract = {One of the key characteristics of Buddhism during the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century was the rise of lay leadership in all aspects of Buddhist tradition. East Asian Buddhism was no exception to this trend, but the ways, degree, and timing in which this modern phenomenon manifested itself varied, especially in the case of Korean Buddhism, which saw a late arrival of lay leadership. This article addresses the question of why lay Buddhism struggled to emerge as a strong force in Korea compared to China and Japan. Without a doubt, colonialism was a key factor. Japanese rule disrupted the development of the Korean Buddhist sangha. However, another key factor that has been underestimated in the historiography of Korean Buddhism is that Korean monks were socially stigmatized during the colonial period (1910–1945). The rhetoric of stigmatism was so ubiquitous in the personal writings of monks and lay people, as well as in journals and newspapers in colonial Korea, that it begs a closer analysis to determine a correlation between the perception of monks in society at this time and its influence on the development of lay Buddhism in Korea. Thus, I would like to provide a preliminary explanation of this correlation by highlighting three interrelated aspects of Korean monastics in colonial Korea: (1) the stigmatization imposed on Korean monastics during the Neo-Confucian Joseon dynasty; (2) the persistence of these stigmas in the minds of Koreans; and (3) their internalization among Korean monastics themselves.}, Key = {fds220092} } @article{fds254845, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {’The Mystery of the Century’: Lay Buddhist Monk Villages (Chaegasungch’on) Near Korea’s Northernmost Border, 1600s–1960s}, Journal = {Seoul Journal of Korean Studies}, Pages = {269-305}, Year = {2014}, Month = {February}, Abstract = {This article examines the history of the villages of lay monks (chaegasung) near North Korea’s northernmost border. These communities had been ignored for centuries until they suddenly became the object of scholarly and public attention when Korea fell under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). The men of the villages were called “lay monks.” They shaved their heads, had wives and children, and had more than one ethnic identity. Despite the sizable number of lay monk villages in this region, their long history and, more importantly, their monastic identity and Buddhist lifestyle, narratives about these communities are almost absent in the historiography of Korean Buddhism. The absence of a written history is ascribed to that historiography’s privileged focus on the influential figures, doctrines, texts, and schools that contributed to the protection of the state. Colonial experiences and national divisions have reinforced these elite- and nation-centered narratives about Korean Buddhism to the exclusion of its more pluralistic, local dimensions on the periphery. If the history of these lay monk communities is understood within the context of Choson Buddhism (1392–1910) placed under the Neo-Confucian hegemony of the Choson dynasty, then clearly the existence of these communities is not an anomaly developed independently, but instead is an integral part of Korean Buddhism.}, Key = {fds254845} } @article{fds254840, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Seeking the colonizer's favors for a Buddhist vision: The Korean Buddhist nationalist Paek Yongsǒng's (1864-1940) Imje Sǒn movement and his relationship with the Japanese Colonizer Abe Mitsuie (1862-1936)}, Journal = {Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies}, Volume = {14}, Number = {2}, Pages = {171-193}, Year = {2014}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {1598-2661}, Keywords = {colonialism, Zen Buddhism, Paek Yongso ̆ ng, Abe Mitsuie, Buddhist modernity}, Abstract = {© 2014 Academy of East Asian Studies. In this article, I will challenge the widely accepted, yet one-dimensional, image of Paek as a staunch nationalist and argue that he prioritized his modern Buddhist vision over the allencompassing, nationalist goal, and thus was willing to curry favor with the politically and religiously powerful Abe Mitsuie. In a desperate effort to unify Korean Buddhism under the Imje Zen lineage, Paek deemed Abe an ally and approached him to seek influence on the colonial government in favor of Paek's version of institutional reform. The fact that Paek sought political favors from Abe not only contradicts the immaculate nationalist status devoutly attributed to him by some scholars of modern Korean Buddhism, but also attests to the complex colonial realities that prompted Koreans and Japanese alike to employ multiple visions and identities, including religious, around which they could build personal and group networks. Equally importantly, their collaboration also reflects a larger religious landscape of colonial Korea in which Zen Buddhism emerged as a modern, alternative religion for Japan and Korea.}, Key = {fds254840} } @article{fds254846, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Social stigmas of buddhist monastics and the lack of lay buddhist leadership in colonial Korea (1910-1945)}, Journal = {Korea Journal}, Volume = {54}, Number = {1}, Pages = {105-132}, Year = {2014}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0023-3900}, Abstract = {One of the key characteristics of Buddhism from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century was the rise of lay leadership. East Asian Buddhism was no exception, but the ways, degree, and timing in which this modern phenomenon manifested itself varied, especially in the case of Korean Buddhism, which saw a delayed arrival of lay leadership. This article addresses the question of why lay Buddhism struggled to emerge as a strong force in colonial Korea. A key factor that has been underestimated in scholarship is that Korean monks were socially stigmatized during the Joseon period (1392-1910). The rhetoric of stigmatism was so ubi-quitous in journals and newspapers in colonial Korea that it begs a closer analysis of the correlation between the societal perception of monks and its influence on the development of lay Buddhism. This article first examines three interrelated aspects of Korean monastics: (1) the stigmatization imposed on monastics during the Neo-Confucian Joseon dynasty, (2) the persistence of these stigmas in the minds of Koreans, and (3) their internalization among Korean monastics themselves. The article then draws out the impact of these three aspects on the late and limited emergence of lay leadership. © Korean National Commission for UNESCO, 2014.}, Key = {fds254846} } @article{fds214242, Author = {H.I. Kim}, Title = {Pulgyo jŏk sigminjihwa?: 1910nyŏn ŭi Chodongjong/Wŏnjong yŏnhap (A Buddhist Colonization?: The Sōtōshū/Wŏnjong Alliance of 1910)}, Journal = {Pulgyo hakpo}, Volume = {36}, Number = {9-33}, Publisher = {Dongguk University, Seoul Korea}, Year = {2012}, Abstract = {One of the most infamous events in modern Japanese and Korean Buddhist history was the alliance attempted between the Japanese Sōtōshū(Sōtō Sect) and the Korean Wŏnjong(Complete Sect) in late 1910, forty six days after Japan annexed Korea. The Japanese Buddhist priests involved have been characterized as colonialists and imperialists trying to conquer Korean Buddhism on behalf of their imperial government while the Korean monks orchestrating the initiative have been cast as traitors, collaborators, and sellers of Korean Buddhism. All the key figures-Takeda Hanshi(1863-1911), Yi Hoegwang(1862-1933), clergy from the Wŏnjong and Sōtōshū, and colonial government officials-are portrayed in historiographies as villains. But the politicized narrative of the alliance has neglected two crucial points among others. First, behind Yi and Takeda was a bilingual Korean monk named Kim Yŏnggi(1878-?) who played a key role in this movement. Second, the Sōtōshū was not enthusiastic about the alliance, which, thirdly, reveals that Takeda’s vision for the alliance was at odds with that of the heads of his sect. This article draws upon these two findings in overlooked primary sources-about the influential players, the Japanese and Korean sects’ conflicted motives, and the governments’ responses-to draw out the complex power relationships and discourses surrounding the attempted alliance.}, Key = {fds214242} } @article{fds254844, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {A Buddhist Colonization?: The Sotoshu/Wonjong Alliance of 1910 (Pulgyo jok sigminjihwa?: 1910nyon ui Chodongjong/Wonjong yonhap)}, Journal = {Pulgyo hakpo}, Volume = {36}, Pages = {9-33}, Publisher = {Dongguk University}, Year = {2012}, Abstract = {One of the most infamous events in modern Japanese and Korean Buddhist history was the alliance attempted between the Japanese Sotoshu(Soto Sect) and the Korean Wonjong(Complete Sect) in late 1910, forty six days after Japan annexed Korea. The Japanese Buddhist priests involved have been characterized as colonialists and imperialists trying to conquer Korean Buddhism on behalf of their imperial government while the Korean monks orchestrating the initiative have been cast as traitors, collaborators, and sellers of Korean Buddhism. All the key figures-Takeda Hanshi(1863-1911), Yi Hoegwang(1862-1933), clergy from the Wonjong and Sotoshu, and colonial government officials-are portrayed in historiographies as villains. But the politicized narrative of the alliance has neglected two crucial points among others. First, behind Yi and Takeda was a bilingual Korean monk named Kim Yonggi(1878-?) who played a key role in this movement. Second, the Sotoshu was not enthusiastic about the alliance, which, thirdly, reveals that Takeda’s vision for the alliance was at odds with that of the heads of his sect. This article draws upon these two findings in overlooked primary sources-about the influential players, the Japanese and Korean sects’ conflicted motives, and the governments’ responses-to draw out the complex power relationships and discourses surrounding the attempted alliance.}, Key = {fds254844} } @article{fds254851, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {A Buddhist Christmas: The Buddha’s Birthday Festival in Colonial Korea (1928–1945)}, Journal = {Journal of Korean Religions}, Volume = {2}, Number = {2}, Pages = {47-82}, Year = {2011}, Month = {October}, Key = {fds254851} } @article{fds254852, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {"The Future of Korean Buddhism Lies in My Hands" Takeda Hanshi as a Soto Missionary}, Journal = {Japanese Journal of Religious Studies}, Volume = {37}, Number = {1}, Pages = {99-135}, Year = {2010}, ISSN = {0304-1042}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000280732000006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Was the work of Japanese Buddhist missionaries “evil,” as many historians have indicated? To problematize this view, this article revisits the most vilified of Japanese Buddhist missionaries of the pre-colonial and colonial period (1877– 1945). Takeda Hanshi (1863–1911) was both a staunch imperialist and a Soto Buddhist priest. His infamy in politics derives from his participation in the assassination of the queen of Korea and enabling Japan’s annexation of Korea. For Buddhists, he is the mastermind behind the Soto sect’s attempt to control Korean Buddhism through an alliance with its first modern institution, the Wonjong. Scholars have focused on these three events, thus reinforcing the view that Takeda was the epitome of Japanese imperial aggression. However, a close examination of Takeda’s writings from 1907 to 1911 sheds new light on his missionary work. I argue that despite his imperial ideology, Takeda made strenuous efforts, until 1910, to promote the Wonjong and defend its autonomy. Based on overlooked primary sources, this article presents a case study that furthers recent scholarly calls to move beyond the imperialist/victim or hero/traitor framing of colonial Korean Buddhist history.}, Key = {fds254852} } @article{fds254853, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {A Buddhist Colonization?: A New Perspective on the Attempted Alliance of 1910 Between the Japanese Sotoshu and the Korean Wonjong (Pulgyo jŏk sigminjihwa?: 1910nyŏn ŭi Chodongjong/Wŏnjong yŏnhap)}, Journal = {Religion Compass}, Volume = {4}, Number = {5}, Pages = {287-299}, Year = {2010}, Abstract = {One of the most infamous events in modern Japanese and Korean Buddhist history was the alliance attempted between the Japanese Sotoshu (Soto Sect) and the Korean Wo?njong (Complete Sect) in late 1910, 46 days after Japan annexed Korea. The Japanese Buddhist priests involved have been characterized as colonialists and imperialists trying to conquer Korean Buddhism on behalf of their imperial government while the Korean monks orchestrating the initiative have been cast as traitors, collaborators, and sellers of Korean Buddhism. All the key figures—Takeda (1863–1911), Yi Hoegwang (1862–1933), clergy from the Wo?njong and Sotoshu, and colonial government officials—are portrayed in historiographies as villains. But the politicized narrative of the alliance has neglected two crucial points among others. First, behind Yi and Takeda was a bilingual Korean monk named Kim Yo?nggi (1878–?) who played a key role in this movement. Second, the Sotoshu was not enthusiastic about the alliance, which reveals that Takeda’s vision for the alliance was at odds with that of the heads of his sect. This article draws upon these two findings in overlooked primary sources—about the influential players, the Japanese and Korean sects’ conflicted motives, and the governments’ responses—to draw out the complex power relationships and discourses surrounding the attempted alliance.}, Key = {fds254853} } @article{fds254841, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea Soma Shoei's Zen Training with Korean Masters}, Journal = {Japanese Journal of Religious Studies}, Volume = {36}, Number = {1}, Pages = {125-165}, Year = {2009}, ISSN = {0304-1042}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270757100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Key = {fds254841} } %% Articles in a Collection @article{fds328640, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Seeking the colonizer’s favours for a buddhist vision: The korean buddhist nationalist paek yongsŏng’s (1864-1940) imje sŏn movement}, Pages = {66-88}, Booktitle = {Buddhist Modernities: Re-Inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World}, Year = {2017}, Month = {January}, ISBN = {9781134884759}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315542140}, Doi = {10.4324/9781315542140}, Key = {fds328640} } %% Book Reviews @article{fds226428, Author = {Nakanishi Naoki}, Title = {Colonial Korea and Japanese Buddhism (Chōsen Shokuminichi to Nihon Bukkyō)}, Journal = {Japanese Religions Journal}, Year = {2015}, Month = {May}, Key = {fds226428} } @article{fds225246, Author = {Kim Iryop (trans. by Jin Park)}, Title = {Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun: Essays by Zen Master Kim Iryop}, Journal = {H-Buddhism}, Year = {2014}, Month = {July}, Key = {fds225246} } @article{fds309895, Author = {Haedong, Y}, Title = {[Review of the book Shokuminchi Chosen to shukyo: Teikoku shi, kokka shinto, koyu shinko (Colonial Korea and religion: imperial history, state Shinto, and indigenous beliefs), by Isomae Jun'ichi, reviewed by Yun Haedong, translated by Hwansoo Kim]}, Journal = {Journal of Korean Religions}, Volume = {4}, Number = {2}, Pages = {203-4}, Year = {2013}, Month = {October}, Key = {fds309895} } @article{fds214244, Author = {Eun-su Cho}, Title = {Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality}, Journal = {Journal of Asian Studies}, Volume = {71/3}, Year = {2012}, Month = {August}, Key = {fds214244} } @article{fds254849, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Review: Cho Eun-su. Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.}, Journal = {Journal of Asian Studies}, Volume = {71}, Number = {3}, Pages = {811-813}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {2012}, Month = {August}, ISSN = {1752-0401}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000307182300035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Doi = {10.1017/S0021911812000939}, Key = {fds254849} } @article{fds214243, Author = {Ama Michihiro}, Title = {. Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941}, Journal = {Pacific Affairs}, Volume = {85/2}, Year = {2012}, Month = {June}, Key = {fds214243} } @article{fds254850, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Review: Ama Michihiro. Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2011.}, Journal = {Pacific Affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific}, Volume = {85}, Number = {2}, Pages = {381-383}, Year = {2012}, Month = {June}, ISSN = {1715-3379}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000304793200011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Key = {fds254850} } @article{fds254848, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Review: Kendall, Laurel. Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i University, 2009.}, Journal = {Journal of Religion}, Volume = {91}, Number = {4}, Pages = {585-587}, Publisher = {The University of Chicago}, Year = {2011}, Month = {October}, ISSN = {0022-4189}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000296100700029&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Kendall, Laurel. Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i University, 2009.}, Doi = {10.1086/662410}, Key = {fds254848} } @article{fds189422, Author = {Vermeersch, Sem}, Title = {The Power of the Buddhas: the Politics of Buddhism during the Koryŏ Dynasty (918-1392).}, Journal = {Journal of Korean Religion}, Year = {2011}, Month = {March}, Key = {fds189422} } @article{fds254843, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Review: Vermeersch, Sem. The Power of the Buddhas: The Politics of Buddhism during the Koryŏ Dynasty (918-1392). Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2008.}, Journal = {Journal of Korean Religion}, Year = {2011}, Month = {March}, Key = {fds254843} } @article{fds182778, Author = {Park, Pori}, Title = {'Korean Buddhism during the Colonial Period (1810-1945) and Han Yongun's Reforms}, Journal = {H-Buddhism}, Year = {2010}, Month = {November}, Key = {fds182778} } @article{fds254842, Author = {Kim, H}, Title = {Korean Buddhism during the Colonial Period (1810-1945) and Han Yongun’s Reforms [review of the book Trial and Error in Modernist Reforms: Korean Buddhism under Colonial Rule, Pori Park]}, Journal = {H-Buddhism}, Year = {2010}, Month = {November}, Key = {fds254842} } | |
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