The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo Contributor(s): Zhong, Yijiang (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350066540 ISBN-13: 9781350066540 Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2018 Click for more in this series: Bloomsbury Shinto Studies |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Shintoism - Religion | Buddhism - History - History | Asia - Japan |
Dewey: 299.561 |
Series: Bloomsbury Shinto Studies |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Features: Bibliography |
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Publisher Description: Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji 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 to be ignored in State Shinto in the modern period. In doing so, Zhong moves away from the traditional understanding of Shinto history as something completely internal to the nation of Japan, and instead situates the formation of Shinto within a larger geopolitical context involving intellectual and political developments in the East Asian region and the role of western colonial expansion. The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan draws extensively on primary source materials in Japan, many of which were only made available to the public less than a decade ago and have not yet been studied. Source materials analysed include shrine records and object materials, contemporary written texts, official materials from the national and provincial levels, and a broad range of visual sources based on contemporary prints, drawings, photographs and material culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zhong, Yijiang: - Yijiang Zhong is Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo, Japan and Research Fellow of the Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions at the Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago, USA, and was previously a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. |
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