The study of Japanese Buddhist buildings in Taiwan during Japanese colonial period

• Main Authors: Chi sheng Wu, 巫奇昇
• Other Authors: Huey jiun Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uevj3d

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 95 === Japanese began colonizing Taiwan in 1895. During the 50 years of colonial period, Japanese government had assimilated Taiwanese in politics, education, sanitation, economy, ceremony, etc. Japanese religious organizations also preached to the colonial area for expansion seriously, included Japanese Buddhism. Japanese Buddhism came to Taiwan and built a lot of buildings for preaching to Japanese and Taiwanese in Taiwan. They also exercised and expanded through promotion education and providing social welfare services. Due to their differences in, for instance the time they arrived Taiwan, relationship with the government expanding strategies of the respective headquarters in Japan, influence and preaching characteristic of each branch very greatly. According to the applications from Japanese Buddhism sects applied to government for establishing branch monasteries in Taiwan, and the other past studies, this thesis is study in the development and architecture of the main Japanese Buddhism sects. The contents comprise four parts: 1) The Japanese government’s policies in proselytizing. 2) The characteristics of the main Japanese Buddhism sects. 3) The establishing and development of the main Japanese Buddhism sects’s preaching territory. 4) The architectural characteristics of Japanese Buddhism buildings in Taiwan. Based on the research, several results are presented. Every Japanese Buddhism sects had to obey the government’s policies and attitudes toward religion for augmenting their influences, engaging in Japanese teaching and social charitable works. Beside this, different tactics of target groups also reflect on various architectural styles. For example, sects targeting in Japanese, their buildings use Japanese style architecture. And sects targeting in Taiwanese like Soto Zen, Rinzai Zen, their buildings combine with Japanese and traditional Taiwanese style in architecture.