A Southern University Embraces a Sacred Japanese Tradition

Autor/in	Carlson, Scott
Titel	A Southern University Embraces a Sacred Japanese Tradition
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 49, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Buddhism; Cultural Centers; Industry; Clothing; Asian Studies; Universities; Japan; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Buddhismus; Cultural center; Cultural centre; Cultural centres; Kulturzentrum; Industrie; Kleidung; Asia; Studies; Asienwissenschaft; University; Universität
Abstract	This article features the reconstitution of the Place of Peace, a Buddhist temple disassembled in Japan, shipped in four containers across the Pacific Ocean, and reassembled in Furman University campus in South Carolina. How Furman decided to take on the project is an unusual tale. The temple once belonged to the Tsuzuki family, which owned and operated a textile company in the Carolinas and built the Nippon Center, a Japanese cultural center in the middle of Greenville. The American textile industry has been on a downward slide for decades, and a few years ago, the Tsuzukis needed to sell off some of their properties both here and in Japan. The Nippon Center would have to go, and Furman, which is trying to build a top Asian-studies department, approached the family about taking some artifacts from the center. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10