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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Ser.: Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods : The Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912 by Sarah Thal (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226794210
ISBN-139780226794211
eBay Product ID (ePID)30779241
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
Publication NameRearranging the Landscape of the Gods : the Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Eastern, Shintoism
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorSarah Thal
SeriesStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-009967
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal299.5/6135/095235
Table Of ContentContents List of Figures Acknowledgments A Note on Pronunciations, Names, and Dates Introduction / 1 1 Konpira: Site of the Gods 2 Of Gods and Rulers (to 1587) 3 Konpira, Kongobo, and the Establishment of the Tokugawa Order (1600-1675) 4 God of the Market (1688-1760) 5 Culture of the Gods (1744-1867) 6 From Konpira to Kotohira (1868-1869) 7 For the State and Its Teaching (1871-1874) 8 The Reverence Association (1874-1882) 9 A Shrine without Religion (1882-1892) 10 The Crucible of War (1894-1895) 11 Public Good, Private Gain (1895-1898) 12 Remobilizing the God (1898-1905) 13 The Many Faces of Kotohira (1908-1912) Epilogue Appendix: Head Priests of Konkoin and Kotohira Shrine Abbreviations Notes Glossary and Selected Biographical Dictionary Bibliography Index
SynopsisWhen people create new societies, economies, and nations--both now and in the past--they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them., When people create new societies, economies, and nations--both now and in the past--they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today. Using miracle tales, votive plaques, diaries, and newspapers, Sarah Thal traces such changes at one of the most popular Japanese pilgrimage sites of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the shrine of Konpira on the island of Shikoku. This rich and fascinating history explores how people from all walks of life gave shape to the gods, shrines, and rituals so often attributed to ancient, indigenous Japan. Thal shows how worshippers and priests, rulers and entrepreneurs, repeatedly rebuilt and reinterpreted Konpira to reflect their needs and aspirations in a changing world--and how, in doing so, they helped shape the structures of the modern state, economy, and society in turn. Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods will be welcomed by all scholars of Japanese history and by students of religion interested in the construction of modernity.
LC Classification NumberBL2225.K652K678 2005
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