Shugendo: Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion Volume 32

by Miyake Hitoshi

Book Overview

This volume of essays is the first comprehensive publication in English of the work of Miyake Hitoshi, a distinguished scholar of Shugendō (mountain asceticism) and one of the foremost researchers on Japanese folk religion. Miyake defines folk religion as "religion that merges from the necessities of community life." In Miyake's systematic methodological and theoretical approach, Shugendō is a classic example of Japanese folk religion, for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929280386
• ISBN13: 9781929280384
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"