1st Edition
The Oracles of the Three Shrines Windows on Japanese Religion
By Brian Bocking
Copyright 2001
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years, so different examples of it offer a series of 'windows' on developments in Japanese religious belief and practice.
Chapter 1 The sanja takusen and the problem of ‘Shinto’; Chapter 2 What is the sanja takusen?; Chapter 3 How did the oracles surface? The origins of the sanja takusen; Chapter 4 A brief summary of the Oracles of the Three Shrines (Sanja takusen ryakush?); Chapter 5 The spread of the sanja takusen; Chapter 6 When do the oracles change? The sanja takusen after the Meiji restoration;
Biography
Authored by Bocking, Brian
