Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami
- ISBN-10
- 082482363X
- ISBN-13
- 9780824823634
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Authors
- Mark Teeuwen, John Breen
Description
The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics on Shinto and kami in history, including the profound formative influence of Taoism on Shinto in early Japan; the relationship between shrine cults and nature; and the role of shrine and temple ritual in the Japanese state of the Heian period.
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