Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan

by Janine Anderson Sawada

Book Overview

Even a fleeting glimpse of Mount Fuji's snow-capped peak emerging from the clouds in the distance evokes the reverence it has commanded in Japan from ancient times. Long considered sacred, during the medieval era the mountain evolved from a venue for solitary ascetics into a well-regulated pilgrimage site. With the onset of the Tokugawa period, the nature of devotion to Mount Fuji underwent a dramatic change. Working people from nearby Edo (now...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824890469
• ISBN13: 9780824890469
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"