Mount Fuji - Icon of Japan

Informationen zum Autor For more than four decades H. Byron Earhart has taught and published in the areas of comparative religion and Japanese religion. An emeritus professor of comparative religion at Western Michigan University, he is the author of Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity, Religions of Japan: Many Traditions within One Sacred Way, and other books. Earhart lives in San Diego. Klappentext The first comprehensive English-language study of the evolving religious and aesthetic symbolism of the world's most famous mountain Zusammenfassung Illustrated with colour and black-and-white images of the mountain and its associated religious practices, H. Byron Earhart's study utilizes his decades of fieldwork—including climbing Fuji with three pilgrimage groups—and his research into Japanese and Western sources to offer a comprehensive overview of the evolving imagery of Mount Fuji from ancient times to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Byron H. Earhart, H Byron Earhart, H. Byron Earhart
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9781611170009
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-000-9
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio; Studies in Comparative Religio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works