Religion in Japan
Subtitle: Arrows to Heaven and Earth (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)
Contributors: P. F. Kornicki (Editor); I. J. McMullen (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780521550284
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Spirituality; World - General; Religion - Church History; Religion (General); History: World; Japan; Religion - General; Eastern - General; History; History / World; Japan--Religious life and customs; Religious life and customs
First sentence: In The catalpa bow, Carmen Blacker alludes in two places to the kuji 'nine syllables', as used by a female ascetic to heal a headache, and by ascetics on Mt Ontake: One pair, poised on the edge of a precipitous slope down to the lake, was particularly remarkable.