Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion

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Synopsis
Defining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountains have been abodes of deities, a resting place for the dead, sources of natural bounty and calamities, places of religious activities, and a vast repository of symbols. The book shows that many peoples have chosen them as sites for ascetic practices, claiming the potential to attain supernatural powers there. This book discusses the history of scholarship on Shugendo, the development process of mountain worship, and the religious and philosophical features of devotion at specific sacred mountains. Moreover, it reveals the rich material and visual culture associated with Shugendo, from statues and steles, to talismans and written oaths.
Copyright:
2020

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781350179417
Related ISBNs:
9781350179394
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Andrea Castiglioni, Fabio Rambelli, and Carina Roth, 2
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Andrea Castiglioni
Edited by:
Fabio Rambelli
Edited by:
Carina Roth

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