Court Rank for Village Shrines: The Yoshida House's Interactions with Local Shrines during the Mid-Tokugawa Period

This paper seeks to understand the ways in which the Yoshida house entered the religious lives of common villagers. The Yoshida house usurped the imperial court's prerogative to grant ranks and titles by devising affordable rank and title certificates for rural tutelary shrines. During the eigh...

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Main Author: Maeda, Hiromi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2002]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2002, Volume: 29, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 325-358
Further subjects:B Shrine Shinto
B Buddhism
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Religious rituals
B Government officials
B Prayer
B Temples
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