The origin of modern Shinto in Japan: the vanquished gods of Izumo
"Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology centered on the Izumo Shrine in western Japan as part of this process, he shows how and why this god came...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Bloomsbury Academic
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Bloomsbury Shinto studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Ōkuninushi no kami
B Japan Religion 1600-1868 B Shinto History To 1868 |
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