This volume investigates and present the salient features of Shinto through a long history of development from its remote past up to the present. It is a historical study of Shinto from a scientific point of view, illustrating the higher aspects of...Loe edasi...
Shinto, the national indigenous religion of Japan has supplied Japan with the basic structure of its mentality and behaviour. This book presents a picture of Shinto, its history and internal organization, its gods and mythology, its temples and prie...Loe edasi...
Written by one of the leading scholars on Japanese culture, this collection of papers centres on Shinto rites and festivals and shrine buildings. Among the topics covered are the imperial family and Shinto, the three great emperors, Yatagarasu, Yaso...Loe edasi...
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....Loe edasi...
This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the combinatory tradition that dominated premodern and early modern Japanese religion, known as honji suijaku (originals and their traces)....Loe edasi...
The only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shintos place in Japanese religious culture. Key topics include Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, Sh...Loe edasi...
This text contains descriptions of the Japanese enthronement ceremonies. It covers the rituals, costumes, offerings, equipment, music, seating plans and buildings in which the ceremonies are held, giving their present function and past history. It e...Loe edasi...
