Weaving and Binding: Immigrant Gods and Female Immortals in Ancient Japan
- Editore:
UNIV OF HAWAII PR
- EAN:
9780824829575
- ISBN:
0824829573
- Pagine:
- 306
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Libro Weaving and Binding: Immigrant Gods and Female Immortals in Ancient Japan di Michael Como
Trama libro
Argues that both the Japanese royal system and the Japanese Buddhist tradition owe much to continental rituals centered on the manipulation of yin and yang, animal sacrifice, and spirit quelling. This book charts an epochal transformation in the religious culture of the Japanese islands.
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