Imagining exile in Heian Japan
Subtitle: banishment in law, literature, and cult
By: Jonathan Stockdale
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780824839833
Subjects: Cult; Exile (Punishment); History and criticism; Japanese literature; Exile (Punishment) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the moon of exile; title: Origin myths: Susano-o, Orikuchi Shinobu, and the imagination of exile in early Japan; title: The radiance of exile: The tale of the bamboo cutter and The tale of Genji; title: Spirits in exile: Sugawara no Michizane and the vengeful spirit cults; title: Cosmologies of law: exile and the legal imagination; title: Conclusion: on the margins of Japanese religion.