Emplacing a Pilgrimage: The Oyama Cult and Regional Religion in Early Modern Japan

by Barbara Ambros

Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. By the Edo period (1600-1868), the revered peak had undergone a transformation from secluded spiritual retreat to popular pilgrimage destination. Its status as a regional landmark among its devotees was boosted by its proximity to the shogunal capital and the wide appeal of its amalgamation of Buddhism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027752
• ISBN13: 9780674027756
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"