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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Language: | English |
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Routledge
2023
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-266 |
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Japan
B begging B mendicancy B banning B Pilgrims B Heritage |
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