The Sea and Sacred in Japan: Aspects of Maritime Religion
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes for the Reader -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Sea in the History of Japanese Religions -- The Sea and Japanese Identity -- Towards a Religious...
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Rambelli, Fabio: The Sea and Sacred in Japan : Aspects of Maritime Religion. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2018. - 9781350062856 |
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes for the Reader -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Sea in the History of Japanese Religions -- The Sea and Japanese Identity -- Towards a Religious History of the Sea in Japan -- The Cosmology of the Abyss and Its Gods -- Sea Gods, God-Fish, and Other Supernatural Beings -- Methodologies -- The Chapters in this Book -- Final Remarks -- PREFACE Cults and Culture of the Sea Historical and Geographical Perspectives -- Part One Ancient Sea Myths and Rituals and Their Reinterpretations -- 1 Imperial Sea Magic? The Sea Kami and the Great Tasting (daij ōsai)at the Early Yamato Court -- The Kojiki and Court Ritual -- The Great Tasting -- The Great Tasting and Myth -- Whose Myths? -- Discussion: Myth and Ritual -- 2 The Sea and Food Offerings for the Kami (shinsen) -- Shinsen in the Engishiki -- The Amalgamation of Buddhas and Kami (shinbutsu sh ūg ō)and Vegetarian Shinsen -- 3 Taming the Plague Demons Border Islanders and the Ritual Defense of Japan -- Japan and Its Dangers -- The Urabe Diviners of the Border Islands -- Danger Management on the Border Islands -- Demon Exorcism on Aogashima -- Colonizing the Demon Islands -- 4 Island of Many Names, Island of No Name Taboo and the Mysteries of Okinoshima -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Part Two Sea Deities and Sea Cults -- 5 Musical Instruments for the Sea-God Ebisu The Mythological System of Miho Shrine and Its Performative Power 1 -- Introduction -- Analysis of the Musical Instruments -- Who Enjoyed the Music Off erings? -- Ebisu as a Music Lover -- Theoretical Support by the Kokugaku Movement -- Conclusion: Mythological Performativity and Materiality of Musical Instruments 6 An Empress at Sea Sea Deities and Divine Union in the Legend of Empress Jingū -- Secret Doings and Divination: Jingū in the Sumiyoshi taisha jindaiki -- A Peripheral Deity Comes to the Fore: Azumi no Isora, the Empress, and Hachiman -- Women's Trouble and a Troubled Union: Jingū in the Awashima Cult -- Conclusion -- 7 Frogs Looking Beyond a PondShinra Myōjin in the "East Asian Mediterranean" Network -- From Well to Sea -- The Network of Silla Immigrants:onnecting Japanese Lake to Chinese Coast -- Ennin's Trip to China and the Political Climate of the East Asian Mediterranean -- The Monk, the Merchant, and the Maritime Deity -- Doubling Identity: Sekizan Myōjin and Shinra Myōjin -- Conclusion -- 8 Hachiman Worship Among Japanese Pirates (wakō) of the Medieval Period A Preliminary Survey -- The Wakō Phenomenon -- Wakō Attacks on Korea and China -- Bahan and "Hachiman ships" -- Banners and Oaths -- Hachiman as a Woman? The Role of Empress Jingū in Wakō Lore -- Concluding Remarks -- 9 Shugendō and the Sea -- An Analysis of the Scholarship -- The Marine Cultural Landscape -- Shugendo and the Ritual Landscape -- Conclusion -- Part Three Buddhism and Japan in the Global Ocean -- 10 Buddhas from Across the Sea The Transmission of Buddhism in Ancient and Medieval Temple Narratives (engi) -- The Transmission of Buddhism in Ancient Japan as Told in Engi Narratives -- Engi Legends about Icon Transmission in Nara's Main Temples -- Engi Illustrated Scrolls that Recreate the Beginning of Medieval Buddhism -- Conclusion -- 11 Lands and People Drifting Ashore Distorted Conceptions of Japan's Place in the World According to Medieval and Early Modern Japanese Myths -- Introduction -- Vast Lands that Drifted Ashore: Izumo and Japan -- Variations on Japan as Penglai: Stories About Xu Fu and Yang Guifei Coming to Japan -- The Legends of Wu Taibo Crossing to Japan Conclusion -- 12 Buddhist Japan and the Global Ocean -- European Jesuits and the Global Ocean -- Japanese Buddhists and the Flat Earth -- The Cartography of Buddhist Vision -- The Afterlives of the Buddhist World Map -- Concluding Remarks -- Part Four Interpretive Constructs -- 13 The World Was Born from the Sea Reading the Origin of Heaven and Earth in the Ruijū jingi hongen -- Prologue -- The Sea in the Ancient Myths -- The Place of the Chapter on the Origin of the World in the Ruijū jingi hongen -- The Myths of the World being Generated from the Sea -- Analysis of the Section on Japanese Sources (honchō) -- Analysis of the Section on "Chinese Authors (kanke)" -- Conclusion -- 14 Orikuchi Shinobu and the Sea as Religious Topos -- Introduction -- The Origin of the Theory of Marebito -- Interpreting Japanese Myths: Towards the Land of the Mother and Tokoyo -- Tokoyo and the History of Modern Shinto -- Hokaibito, Sei no O , and Azumi no Isora -- From Musubi no Kami to the "Primordial Being" (kisonsha) -- 15 Sea Theologies Elements for a Conceptualization of Maritime Religiosity in Japani 1 -- The Sea in the Nakatomi Great Purifi cation Prayer -- Treasure Ships -- Boat Spirits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Untitled |
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| ISBN: | 1350062863 |