Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Synopsis

During The Late Twelfth To Fourteenth Centuries, Several Precursors Of Shinto Came Together For The First Time. By Focusing On Mt. Miwa In Present-day Nara Prefecture And Examining The Worship Of Indigenous Deities (kami) That Emerged In Its Proximity, This Serves As A Case Study Of The Key Stages Of Assemblage Through Which This Formative Process Took Shape.-- Part I. Mt. Miwa And The Yamato Landscape : The Ancient Cultic Site -- Temple Networks In Southern Yamato -- Part Ii. Holy Men And Buddhist Monks At Miwa : Miwa Bessho -- Saidaiji -- From Ise To Miwa And Beyond -- Part Iii. Assembling Shinto : Enlightenment For The Country Bumpkins -- Miwa-ryu Shinto. Anna Andreeva. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.