Ancient Japanese Rituals

by Ernest Mason Satow

First published in 2002. What is Shinto? is the key question asked by all who seek to understand Japan and the Japanese, answered in this volume by Sir Ernest Satow, the great British scholar and diplomat. Shinto is the unique and little-known religious beliefs that flourished in Japan before the introduction of Buddhism and Confucianism, but there are many versions - which is the pure form? Satow begins with a detailed study of core Shinto rituals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710307500
• ISBN13: 9780710307507
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"