A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital by Teeuwen, Mark

A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474272797)

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A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital by Teeuwen, Mark

A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital

$190.00
A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital by Teeuwen, Mark

A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital

$190.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Ise shrine complex is among Japan's most enduring national symbols, and A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital is the first book to trace the history of the shrines from their beginnings in the seventh century until the present day. Ise enshrines the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, the imperial ancestress and the most prominent among kami deities, and has played a vital role in Japan's social, political and religious history. The most popular pilgrims' attraction in the land from the sixteenth century onwards, in 2013 the Ise complex once again captured the nation's attention as it underwent its periodic rebuilding, performed once every twenty years.

Mark Teeuwen and John Breen demonstrate that the Ise Shrines underwent drastic re-inventions as a result of on-going contestation between different groups of people in different historical periods. They focus on the agents responsible for these re-inventions, the nature of the economic, political and ideological measures they took, and the specific techniques they deployed to ensure that Ise survived one crisis after another in the course of its long history.

This book questions major assumptions about Ise, notably the idea that Ise has always been defined by its imperial connections, and that it has always been a site of Shinto. Written by leading authorities in the field of Shinto studies, this is the essential history of Japan's most significant sacred site.

Author: Mark Teeuwen,John Breen
ISBN-10: 1474272797
ISBN-13: 9781474272797
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
By Mark Teeuwen
By Mark Teeuwen
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Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published widely on the history of Japanese religions, with a special focus on Shinto. His books include Watarai Shinto: An Intellectual History of the Outer Shrine in Ise (1996) and A New History of Shinto (2010), co-authored by John Breen.

John Breen is Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan. He has published widely on the imperial institution and religion and state in modern Japan. His books include A New History of Shinto (2010), co-authored with Mark Teeuwen, Girei to kenryoku: Tenno no Meiji ishin (2011) and Shinto monogatari: Ise no kingendaishi (2015).

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