Agents of world renewal: the rise of yonaoshi gods in Japan
The emergence of a yonaoshi god: the apotheosis of Sano Masakoto in 1784 -- The rush hour of yonaoshi gods: late Tokugawa peasant uprisings and the logic of world renewal -- Tokugawa bureaucrats deified as yonaoshi gods: Egawa Hidetatsu and Suzuki Chikara -- Upholding a catfish as a yonaoshi god: th...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
[2019]
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In: | Year: 2019 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Shintoism
/ Gods
/ Renewal
/ Religious life
/ History 1784-1919
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Further subjects: | B
Japan
Religious life and customs
B Gods, Japanese |
Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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Summary: | The emergence of a yonaoshi god: the apotheosis of Sano Masakoto in 1784 -- The rush hour of yonaoshi gods: late Tokugawa peasant uprisings and the logic of world renewal -- Tokugawa bureaucrats deified as yonaoshi gods: Egawa Hidetatsu and Suzuki Chikara -- Upholding a catfish as a yonaoshi god: the earthquake catfish of the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake -- Yonaoshi gods falling from the sky: rethinking ee ja nai ka as a communal religious celebration -- An illusion of a yonaoshi god: the Chichibu Incident of 1884 -- A universal yonaoshi god from the northeast: Ushitora no Konjin and Ōmoto's hinagata millenarianism. |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0824880374 |