Only in one area was Tokugawa Buddhism innovative and
successful: the development of a complete liturgical system for
funeral services and remembrance of ancestors. For better or
for worse, this feature henceforth became central in popular
Buddhist piety.
A history of Japanese Buddhism, explaining how the Kamakura reforms (by such extraordinary individuals as Honen, Shinran, Dogen, and Nichiren) led, eventually, to the practices we see in Japan today.