Mount Fuji : icon of Japan
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Mount Fuji : icon of Japan
(Studies in comparative religion)
University of South Carolina Press, c2011
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International Research Center for Japanese Studies Library
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-234) and index
Summary: "A survey of the symbolism--religious, aesthetic, and cultural--of Japan's Mount Fuji."--Publisher's description
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Illustrated with colour and black-and-white images of the mountain and its associated religious practices, H. Byron Earhart's study utilizes his decades of fieldwork—including climbing Fuji with three pilgrimage groups—and his research into Japanese and Western sources to offer a comprehensive overview of the evolving imagery of Mount Fuji from ancient times to the present day.
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