The oracles of the three shrines : windows on Japanese religion

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The oracles of the three shrines : windows on Japanese religion

Brian Bocking

Curzon Press, 2001

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Note

Bibliography: p. 133-137

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years, so different examples of it offer a series of 'windows' on developments in Japanese religious belief and practice.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 The sanja takusen and the problem of 'Shinto'
  • Chapter 2 What is the sanja takusen?
  • Chapter 3 How did the oracles surface? The origins of the sanja takusen
  • Chapter 4 A brief summary of the Oracles of the Three Shrines (Sanja takusen ryakush?)
  • Chapter 5 The spread of the sanja takusen
  • Chapter 6 When do the oracles change? The sanja takusen after the Meiji restoration

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  • NCID
    BA51695548
  • ISBN
    • 0700713840
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Richmond, Surrey
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 142 p., [24] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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