Oracles of the Three Shrines - Windows on Japanese Religion

Informationen zum Autor Authored by Bocking, Brian Klappentext This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years, so different examples of it offer a series of 'windows' on developments in Japanese religious belief and practice. Zusammenfassung This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines' (Japanese sanja takusen), the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities, Amaterasu, Kasuga and Hachiman and their respective oracle texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The sanja takusen and the problem of ‘Shinto’; Chapter 2 What is the sanja takusen?; Chapter 3 How did the oracles surface? The origins of the sanja takusen; Chapter 4 A brief summary of the Oracles of the Three Shrines (Sanja takusen ryakush?); Chapter 5 The spread of the sanja takusen; Chapter 6 When do the oracles change? The sanja takusen after the Meiji restoration;

Product details

• Authors: Bocking, Brian Bocking, Bocking Brian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2015
• EAN: 9781138862494
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86249-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; RELIGION / Eastern, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, East Asian religions, Religious subjects depicted in art, Oriental Religions, Religious and ceremonial art