How long does it take to read The Religion of the Samurai?
Kaiten Nukariya
The Religion of the Samurai by Kaiten Nukariya takes about 4 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1913. 253 pages, about 69,575 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This work was written in the early 1900s with the intention of describing the origins of Zen Buddhism in the Mahayana school and highlighting its differences from Theravada Buddhism. The author, Kaiten Nukariya, was a professor of Buddhist studies at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, at the time of publication. The book also covers how Zen Buddhism was practiced in China and Japan.
Subjects: Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, China, Human beings, Origin
