“Dr. Kamens has researched his subject well and presents his study with a clarity that will be appreciated by students and scholars of Japanese literature, language, Buddhism, and history. The work of Tamenori is here translated into excellent English. . . . The Three Jewels is well researched and so well presented that it cannot fail to arouse interest in Western academic circles.”
—Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (review of original edition)
— Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
“Kamens’s book makes a significant contribution to our understanding not only of the centrality of magical thinking in tales and legends, but also about the manner in which it is intertwined with the classical literature of the Buddhist tradition and Japan.”
—Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (review of original edition)
— Japanese Journal of Religious Studies