The protocol of the gods : a study of the Kasuga cult in Japanese history /
The Protocol of the Gods is a pioneering study of the history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple, one of the oldest and largest of the shrine-temple...
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| Lingua: | inglese |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1992.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=10016 |
Sommario:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps, Figures, Diagrams, and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Japanese Names and Terms
- Introduction
- 1. The Creation of the Ceremonial Center
- 2. Kasuga Daimyojin
- 3. Protocol
- 4. The Experience of Transcendence in Kasuga
- 5. From Cult to Cultural Revolution
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index