An unwelcome minority: banning Buddhist practices, marginalising itinerants, and constructing heritage in a Japanese pilgrimage

The Shikoku Pilgrimage is nowadays esteemed as a symbol of cultural heritage and tradition in Japan. Its origins are in the ascetic travels of itinerant devotees of the Buddhist figure Kōbō Daishi, who is the central focus of pilgrim devotion and is depicted in pilgrimage lore as a mendicant. These...

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Main Author: Reader, Ian 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-266
Further subjects:B Japan
B begging
B mendicancy
B banning
B Pilgrims
B Heritage
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