Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan

by Anna Andreeva

During the late twelfth to fourteenth centuries, several precursors of what is now commonly known as Shinto came together for the first time. By focusing on Mt. Miwa in present-day Nara Prefecture and examining the worship of indigenous deities ( kami ) that emerged in its proximity, this book serves as a case study of the key stages of "assemblage" through which this formative process took shape. Previously unknown rituals, texts, and icons featuring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674970578
• ISBN13: 9780674970571
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"