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9004536302 pdf Despite their starkly contrasting images, premodern Japanese Zen and tantric Buddhism were closely entwined movements. Based on recently discovered manuscript materials and covering the 13th to the 17th century, Esoteric Zen offers the first comprehensive account of their multi-faceted relationship.