Some Additional Remarks on the History of Hungarian Buddhism and the Influence of Buddhism in Hungary at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries　Explorers, Collectors, and First Accounts on Japanese Buddhism and the Buddhist Connection to Japonisme in Hungary

As the second of a series, this paper aims to add some additional comments on the author’s first paper written about the history of Buddhism and its influences in Hungary up to the 1920s by focusing on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and on the reception of Japanese Buddhism. It gives an account about the achievements of Hungarian scholars and geographers who have been influential to Buddhist studies after Csoma Kőrösi. It introduces the first set of travelers to Japan and the Hungarian artists from the fin du siècle who have been influenced by Buddhism and the wave of Japonisme. It also introduces briefly the collectors of Oriental art and the decisions that led to the founding of an independent Museum of Oriental Arts in Hungary.
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The Electronic Journal of Central European Studies in Japan, No.4, December 2018. 『中欧研究』第4号　2018年12月　https://www.josai.ac.jp/jices/ejces_j/index.html