Heian Jingū: Monument or Shintō Shrine?
The founding of Heian Jingū 平安神宮 in 1895 is usually explained in very simple terms: it was established to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the move to the Heian capital and was, therefore, dedicated to the city's founder, Kanmu Tennō 桓武天皇. A closer look at the shrine's founding story,...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kanmu, Japan, Kaiser 737-806
/ Remembrance
/ Heian Jingū
/ Architecture
/ Kokka-Shintō
/ History 1860-1900
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion BN Shinto KBM Asia KCD Hagiography; saints TJ Modern history |
Further subjects: | B
Deification
B Reconstruction B Commemoration B Chinese-style architecture B State Shintō B shrine architecture |
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