Assembling Shinto : Buddhist approaches to kami worship in medieval Japan /
During the late twelfth to fourteenth centuries, several precursors of Shinto came together for the first time. By focusing on Mt. Miwa in present-day Nara Prefecture and examining the worship of indigenous deities (kami) that emerged in its proximity, this serves as a case study of the key stages o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Asia Center,
[2017].
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| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
396 |
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| Summary: | During the late twelfth to fourteenth centuries, several precursors of Shinto came together for the first time. By focusing on Mt. Miwa in present-day Nara Prefecture and examining the worship of indigenous deities (kami) that emerged in its proximity, this serves as a case study of the key stages of "assemblage" through which this formative process took shape. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 397 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-365) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674970571 0674970578 |