Intellectual life in Edo-period Japan was sometimes harmoniously productive, sometimes destructively vicious, but never stagnant. This volume, compiled in honour of Prof. W.J. Boot, offers eleven essays that explore the intellectual scene of Edo-period Japan from a variety of pe…
In the Edo period, Japan had its first experience of what one might call "intellectual life" in a pregnant sense of the word: a scene that combined serious intellectual pursuits, from poetry writing to the interpretation of the Confucian classics, with intense social interaction…
Intellectual life in Edo-period Japan was sometimes harmoniously productive, sometimes destructively vicious, but never stagnant. This volume, compiled in honour of Prof. W.J. Boot, offers eleven essays that explore the intellectual scene of Edo-period Japan from a variety of pe…
Shinto, a short history
by Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Inoue, Nobutaka, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
Shinto, a short history
by ProQuest (Firm), Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Inoue, Nobutaka, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
Shinto, a short history
by Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
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Shinto, a short history
by Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Inoue, Nobutaka, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
Shinto, a short history
by Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Inoue, Nobutaka, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami dei…
Shinto, a short history
by Teeuwen, Mark, Breen, John, Itō, Satoshi, Inoue, Nobutaka, Endō, Jun, Mori, Mizue
Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami dei…
Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami dei…
"The essays in this book address such key topics as Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, shinto and state ritual in early Japan, Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, and Shinto and the state in the modern period. All of the essays highlight the…