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,...

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Published in:Japanese journal of religious studies
Main Author: Yiengpruksawan, Mimi Hall 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [1998]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1998, Volume: 25, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 259-276
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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