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A New History of Shinto

John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
A New History of Shinto Book PDF

Author : John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444357684

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A New History of Shinto by John Breen,Mark Teeuwen Pdf

This accessible guide to the development of Japan’s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto’s enduring religious identity. Offers a unique new approach to Shinto history that combines critical analysis with original research Examines key evolutionary moments in the long history of Shinto, including the Meiji Revolution of 1868, and provides the first critical history in English or Japanese of the Hie shrine, one of the most important in all Japan Traces the development of various shrines, myths, and rituals through history as uniquely diverse phenomena, exploring how and when they merged into the modern notion of Shinto that exists in Japan today Challenges the historic stereotype of Shinto as the unchanging, all-defining core of Japanese culture

Shinto

Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Shinto Book PDF

Author : Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134384617

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Shinto by Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi Pdf

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'. This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of Shinto. This book does not presuppose prior knowledge of Japanese religion, and is easily accessible for those new to the subject.

Shinto

Helen Hardacre
Shinto Book PDF

Author : Helen Hardacre
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190621711

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Shinto by Helen Hardacre Pdf

Helen Hardacre offers a sweeping, comprehensive history of Shinto, the tradition that is practiced by some 80 percent of the Japanese people and underlies the institution of the Emperor.

Shinto in History

John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
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Author : John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136827044

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Shinto in History by John Breen,Mark Teeuwen Pdf

This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine critically Shinto's origins and its subsequent development through the medieval, pre-modern and modern periods. The essays in this book address such key topics as Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, Shinto and state ritual in early Japan, Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, and Shinto and the state in the modern period. All of the essays highlight the dynamic nature of Shinto and shrine history by focusing on the three-way relationship, often fraught, between local shrine cults, Shinto agendas and Buddhism.

Shinto

Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Shinto Book PDF

Author : Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134384624

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Shinto by Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi Pdf

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'. This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of Shinto. This book does not presuppose prior knowledge of Japanese religion, and is easily accessible for those new to the subject.

Shinto and the State, 1868-1988

Helen Hardacre
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Author : Helen Hardacre
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691221298

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Shinto and the State, 1868-1988 by Helen Hardacre Pdf

Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of shinto. How did that sponsorship come about and how was it maintained? How was it dismantled after World War II? What attempts are being made today to reconstruct it? In answering these questions, Hardacre shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are still the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance. Where previous studies have emphasized the state bureaucracy responsible for the administration of shinto, Hardacre goes to the periphery of Japanese society. She demonstrates that leaders and adherents of popular religious movements, independent religious entrepreneurs, women seeking to raise the prestige of their households, and men with political ambitions all found an association with shinto useful for self-promotion; local-level civil administrations and parish organizations have consistently patronized shinto as a way to raise the prospects of provincial communities. A conduit for access to the prestige of the state, shinto has increased not only the power of the center of society over the periphery but also the power of the periphery over the center.

The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan

Yijiang Zhong
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Author : Yijiang Zhong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474271097

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The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan by Yijiang Zhong Pdf

Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji 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 to be ignored in State Shinto in the modern period. In doing so, Zhong moves away from the traditional understanding of Shinto history as something completely internal to the nation of Japan, and instead situates the formation of Shinto within a larger geopolitical context involving intellectual and political developments in the East Asian region and the role of western colonial expansion. The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan draws extensively on primary source materials in Japan, many of which were only made available to the public less than a decade ago and have not yet been studied. Source materials analysed include shrine records and object materials, contemporary written texts, official materials from the national and provincial levels, and a broad range of visual sources based on contemporary prints, drawings, photographs and material culture.

Shinto in History

John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
Shinto in History Book PDF

Author : John Breen,Mark Teeuwen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136826979

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Shinto in History by John Breen,Mark Teeuwen Pdf

This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine critically Shinto's origins and its subsequent development through the medieval, pre-modern and modern periods. The essays in this book address such key topics as Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, Shinto and state ritual in early Japan, Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, and Shinto and the state in the modern period. All of the essays highlight the dynamic nature of Shinto and shrine history by focusing on the three-way relationship, often fraught, between local shrine cults, Shinto agendas and Buddhism.

Shintō In the History and Culture of Japan

Ronald S. Green
Shint In the History and Culture of Japan Book PDF

Author : Ronald S. Green
Publisher : Association for Asian Studies
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 092430491X

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Shintō In the History and Culture of Japan by Ronald S. Green Pdf

This book is a concise overview of Shintō through a survey of its key concepts, related archeological finds, central mythology, significant cultural sites, political dimensions, and historical developments. Its goal is to promote an understanding of Shintō as an enduring cultural phenomenon central to Japan past and present.

Shinto

Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Shinto Book PDF

Author : Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0203462882

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Shinto by Nobutaka Inoue,Endo Jun,Mori Mizue,Ito Satoshi Pdf

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'. This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of Shinto. This book does not presuppose prior knowledge of Japanese religion, and is easily accessible for those new to the subject.

Shinto

Thomas P. Kasulis
Shinto Book PDF

Author : Thomas P. Kasulis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824864309

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Shinto by Thomas P. Kasulis Pdf

Nine out of ten Japanese claim some affiliation with Shinto, but in the West the religion remains the least studied of the major Asian spiritual traditions. It is so interlaced with Japanese cultural values and practices that scholarly studies usually focus on only one of its dimensions: Shinto as a "nature religion," an "imperial state religion," a "primal religion," or a "folk amalgam of practices and beliefs." Thomas Kasulis’ fresh approach to Shinto explains with clarity and economy how these different aspects interrelate. As a philosopher of religion, he first analyzes the experiential aspect of Shinto spirituality underlying its various ideas and practices. Second, as a historian of Japanese thought, he sketches several major developments in Shinto doctrines and institutions from prehistory to the present, showing how its interactions with Buddhism, Confucianism, and nationalism influenced its expression in different times and contexts. In Shinto’s idiosyncratic history, Kasulis finds the explicit interplay between two forms of spirituality: the "existential" and the "essentialist." Although the dynamic between the two is particularly striking and accessible in the study of Shinto, he concludes that a similar dynamic may be found in the history of other religions as well. Two decades ago, Kasulis’ Zen Action/Zen Person brought an innovative understanding to the ideas and practices of Zen Buddhism, an understanding influential in the ensuing decades of philosophical Zen studies. Shinto: The Way Home promises to do the same for future Shinto studies.

Shinto the Kami Way

Sokyo Ono, Ph.D.,William P. Woodard
Shinto the Kami Way Book PDF

Author : Sokyo Ono, Ph.D.,William P. Woodard
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462900831

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Shinto the Kami Way by Sokyo Ono, Ph.D.,William P. Woodard Pdf

"An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."--Library Journal Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith. In its general aspects, Shinto is more than a religious faith. It is an amalgam of attitudes, ideas, and ways of doing things that through two millennia and more have become an integral part of the way of the Japanese people. Shinto is both a personal faith in the kami--objects of worship in Shinto and an honorific for noble, sacred spirits--and a communal way of life according to the mind of the kami. This introduction unveils Shinto's spiritual characteristics and discusses the architecture and function of Shinto shrines. Further examination of Shinto's lively festivals, worship, music, and sacred regalia illustrates Shinto's influence on all levels of Japanese life. Fifteen photographs, numerous drawings and Dr. Ono's text introduce the reader to two millennia of indigenous Japanese belief in the kami and in communal life. Chapters include: The Kami Way Shrines Worship and Festivals Political and Social Characteristics Some Spiritual Characteristics

Shinto Shrines

Joseph Cali,John Dougill
Shinto Shrines Book PDF

Author : Joseph Cali,John Dougill
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780824837754

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Shinto Shrines by Joseph Cali,John Dougill Pdf

Of Japan’s two great religious traditions, Shinto is far less known and understood in the West. Although there are a number of books that explain the religion and its philosophy, this work is the first in English to focus on sites where Shinto has been practiced since the dawn of Japanese history. In an extensive introductory section, authors Joseph Cali and John Dougill delve into the fascinating aspects of Shinto, clarifying its relationship with Buddhism as well as its customs, symbolism, and pilgrimage routes. This is followed by a fully illustrated guide to 57 major Shinto shrines throughout Japan, many of which have been designated World Heritage Sites or National Treasures. In each comprehensive entry, the authors highlight important spiritual and physical features of the individual shrines (architecture, design, and art), associated festivals, and enshrined gods. They note the prayers offered and, for travelers, the best times to visit. With over 125 color photographs and 50 detailed illustrations of archetypical Shinto objects and shrines, this volume will enthrall not only those interested in religion but also armchair travelers and visitors to Japan alike. Whether you are planning to visit the actual sites or take a virtual journey, this guide is the perfect companion. Visit Joseph Cali’s Shinto Shrines of Japan: The Blog Guide: http://shintoshrinesofjapanblogguide.blogspot.jp/. Visit John Dougill’s Green Shinto, “dedicated to the promotion of an open, international and environmental Shinto”: http://www.greenshinto.com/wp/.

The Essence of Shinto

Motohisa Yamakage
The Essence of Shinto Book PDF

Author : Motohisa Yamakage
Publisher : Kodansha USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9784770050083

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The Essence of Shinto by Motohisa Yamakage Pdf

In The Essence of Shinto, revered Shinto master Motohisa Yamakage explains the core values of Shinto and explores both basic tenets and its more esoteric points in terms readily accessible to the modern Western reader. He shows how the long history of Shintoism is deeply woven into the fabric of Japanese spirituality and mythology--indeed, it is regarded as Japan’s very spiritual roots--and discusses its role in modern Japan and the world. He also carefully analyzes the relationship of the spirit and the soul, which will provide informed and invaluable insight into how spirituality affects our daily existence. Through the author’s emphasis on the universality of Shinto and its prevalence in the natural world, the book will appeal to all readers with an appreciation of humanity’s place in nature and the individual’s role in the larger society.

The Essence of Shinto

Motohisa Yamakage
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Author : Motohisa Yamakage
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Shinto
ISBN : 4770030444

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The Essence of Shinto by Motohisa Yamakage Pdf

Discusses the character and practices of Shinto. Reverence toward nature is the bedrock of Shinto, which otherwise has neither doctrine, commandments, gods, idols, nor organization. It does not use shrines, great and small, to center devotion, and the aim of the individual adherent is to purify thought, behavior, and person to live the Dao, or a moral life.