Who Benefits?: Religious Practice, Blind Women "(Goze), Harugoma," and "Manzai"
It is often pointed out that Japanese religion centers on "worldly benefits" (genze riyaku) and on practices allowing a petitioner to attain divine boons. Since high and low, rich and poor, young and old have always pined for such benefits, religious practice is easily viewed as a force un...
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 347-386 |
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