Shintō in the history and culture of Japan
"Land of the kami" : the basics of Shintō and its ancient roots -- "Eight million kami" : Shintō mythology -- Shintō in Japanese history -- History and legends of famous shrines and their kami -- The material culture of Shintō -- Rituals and events in the lives of contemporary Ja...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor, MI
Association for Asian Studies, Inc
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Key issues in Asian studies
no. 21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Shintoism
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| Further subjects: | B
Shinto
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| Summary: | "Land of the kami" : the basics of Shintō and its ancient roots -- "Eight million kami" : Shintō mythology -- Shintō in Japanese history -- History and legends of famous shrines and their kami -- The material culture of Shintō -- Rituals and events in the lives of contemporary Japanese -- Contemporary Shintō and the future. "After Japanese emperor Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum throne in 2019, he preformed a secretive ritual funded by the state by offering newly harvested rice to the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu, mythological progenitor of the imperial family, raising controversy and puzzlement both inside Japan and out. This book is a concise overview of Shinto through a survey of its key concepts, related archeological finds, central mythology, significant cultural sites, political dimensions, and historical developments. Its goal is to promote an understanding of Shinto as an enduring cultural phenomenon central to Japan past and present. Readers discover how Shinto honors nature, reveres mountains and rivers as living entities, why it famously asserts that eight million nature spirits, known as kami, surround the Japanese people in their homeland, and how politics have always been central to these positions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben S. 81-86 Literaturhinweise Seite 89-91 |
| ISBN: | 092430491X |