The Shintoization of Mazu in Tokugawa Japan
Mazu was a Chinese sea goddess worshiped by fishermen, villagers, maritime merchants, and local officials in the Sinic world including Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the Ryūkyū Kingdom. In a sense, the Chinese cultural sphere was also the “sphere of Mazu belief.” Compared with China’s other neighboring...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2020
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-246 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mazu Goddess
/ Japan
/ Edo period
/ Shintoism
/ Goddess
/ Ritual
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BN Shinto KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
localization
B Kyushu B Tokugawa Japan B Shinto B Chinese Folk Religion B Mazu |
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