The origin of modern Shinto in Japan: the vanquished gods of Izumo

"Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology centered on the Izumo Shrine in western Japan as part of this process, he shows how and why this god came...

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Main Author: Zhong, Yijiang (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:Izumo, Ise, and Modern Shinto (2017) (Teeuwen, Mark, 1966 -)
Series/Journal:Bloomsbury Shinto studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / State / Shintoism / Izumo-Schrein / History 1653-1889
Further subjects:B Shinto History To 1868
B Ōkuninushi no kami
B Japan Religion 1600-1868
B Shinto History To 1868
B Japan Religion 1600-1868
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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