A social history of the Ise shrines
Subtitle: divine capital
By: Mark Teeuwen and John Breen
Contributors: Breen, John, 1956- author
Series: Bloomsbury Shinto studies; Bloomsbury Shinto studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781474272797
Subjects: Ise Daijingū; Religion and sociology; History
Description: "Traces the history of the Ise shrines from the 7th century until today, focusing on the many episodes of crisis that transformed the social landscape around the shrines"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction divine capital : Ise and its agents; title: Ancient Ise : divine wrath and court politics; title: Classical Ise : hosophobia codified; title: Amaterasu's escape from Ise; title: Ise in the Kamakura period : lands and secrets; title: Ise in the Muromachi period : war and pilgrims; title: Ise restored and Shintoized; title: Pilgrims' pleasures : Ise and its patrons in the Edo Period; title: Meiji Ise : Amaterasu's mausoleum and the modern pilgrim; title: Ise and nation in Taishō and early Shōwa Japan; title: Crisis and recovery : Ise's post-war transformations; title: Conclusion : phases of redevelopment.