Hakusan at Hiraizumi: Notes on a Sacred Geopolitics in the Eastern Provinces
Recent work on Japanese religions has brought into focus the notion of sacred geography as a methodological tool in the analysis of cultic centers throughout the archipelago. This essay proposes a geopolitics of the sacred as an alternative model based on the role of conflict, specifically military,...
| Published in: | Japanese journal of religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[1998]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Religious Studies B Forts B Geopolitics B Japanese culture B War B Archipelagos B Cultural History B Prefectures |
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| Summary: | Recent work on Japanese religions has brought into focus the notion of sacred geography as a methodological tool in the analysis of cultic centers throughout the archipelago. This essay proposes a geopolitics of the sacred as an alternative model based on the role of conflict, specifically military, in the formation, preservation, and authority of cultic centers. It uses the model to examine the twelfth-century Hakusan cult in Hokuriku and Ōshū and its primary patrons, the warriors Kiso Yoshinaka and Fujiwara no Hidehira, during the period of crisis that brought the end of political and cultural autonomy for an ancient northern culture. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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