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;

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• Autori: Bocking Brian, Bocking, Brian Bocking
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.03.2015
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Arte figurativa; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9781138862494
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86249-4
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Categorie: RELIGION / Eastern, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, East Asian religions, Religious subjects depicted in art, Oriental Religions, Religious and ceremonial art, religious syncretism Japan, japanese religious history, kami worship practices, sanja takusen, evolution of Japanese oracle scrolls, Meiji restoration religion, shrine iconography