Weaving and binding : immigrant gods and female immortals in ancient Japan /
"Among the most exciting developments in the study of Japanese religion over the past two decades has been the discovery of tens of thousands of ritual vessels, implements, and scapegoat dolls (hitogata) from the Nara (710-784) and early Heian (794-1185) periods. Because inscriptions on many of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Among the most exciting developments in the study of Japanese religion over the past two decades has been the discovery of tens of thousands of ritual vessels, implements, and scapegoat dolls (hitogata) from the Nara (710-784) and early Heian (794-1185) periods. Because inscriptions on many of the items are clearly derived from Chinese rites of spirit pacification, it is now evident that previous scholarship has mischaracterized the role of Buddhism in early Japanese religion. Weaving and Binding makes a compelling argument 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. Building on these recent archaeological discoveries, Michael Como charts an epochal transformation in the religious culture of the Japanese islands, tracing the transmission and development of fundamental paradigms of religious practice to immigrant lineages and deities from the Korean peninsula."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 306 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441671141 (electronic bk.) 1441671145 (electronic bk.) |
