Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape
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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape
（Routledge studies in the early history of Asia, 11）
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
- : ebk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction
- Japanese people and stars : cultural astronomy and star lore of the Japanese
- Stars in mythology and classical literature
- Star lore of the Hokkaido Ainu
- Ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands
- Archaeoastronomy of prehistoric Japan : a historical survey
- Fallen star legends in Japanese folk beliefs
- Cosmology seen in house and burial orientation of the Hokkaido Ainu, Northern Japan
- The sun and the Kingdom of Ryukyu : an ethnohistorical approach to state formation
- Epilogue