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An island archipelago east of Korea, historically linked to the continent through maritime contact, embassies, monks, and imported texts. It selectively adopted continental institutions and religious culture while reshaping them in a distinct Japanese setting. In the context of Syriac Christianity, Japan is associated mainly with later scholarly claims, especially those of P. Y. Saeki, along with traditions about possible Jingjiao traces, Dunhuang-related materials, and reports connecting Prajña and Father Adam with Mount Hiei, though much of this remains debated rather than firmly established. 2, 3
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- 1 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Japan.
- 2 Matteo Nicolini-Zani,The Dunhuang Jingjiao Documents in Japan: A Report on Their Reappearance,” inWinds of Jingjiao: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, ed. Li Tang and Dietmar W. Winkler, Orientalia ‒ Patristica ‒ Oecumenica 9 (Wien:
LIT, 2016), 15–26, p: 15-27.
- 3 Dale A. Johnson,Syriac Crosses in Central and Southwest China,inWinds of Jingjiao: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, ed. Li Tang and Dietmar W. Winkler, Orientalia ‒ Patristica ‒ Oecumenica 9 (Wien:
LIT, 2016), 41–62, p: 41-46.
- 4 entry: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17., entry: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17.
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