Preface / Richard K. Payne Introduction / Richard K. Payne 1. Envisioning Kamakura Buddhism / James C. Dobbins 2. Koyasan in the Countryside: The Rise of Shingon in the Kamakura Period / George J. Tanabe, Jr. 3. Keiranshuyoshu: A Different Perspective on Mt. Hiei in the Medieval Period / Allan G. Grapard 4. Kamakura Buddhism in the Literary Tradition / Robert E. Morrell 5. What One Kamakura Story Does: Practice, Place, and Text in the Account of Ippen at Kumano / James H. Foard 6. Chanting the August Title of the Lotus Sutra: Daimoku Practices in Classical and Medieval Japan / Jacqueline I. Stone 7. Recommending Faith in the Sand of the Mantra of Light / Mark T. Unno 8. Ajikan: Ritual and Meditation in the Shingon Tradition / Richard K. Payne.