Emplacing a pilgrimage : the Ōyama cult and regional religion in early modern Japan / Barbara Ambros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambros, Barbara, 1968-

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 297.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 297

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountain worship--Japan--Ōyama (Kanagawa-ken).

Mountain worship.

Japan--Ōyama (Kanagawa-ken).

Ōyama (Kanagawa-ken, Japan)--Religious life and customs.

Ōyama (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

Physical Description:

xvi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction: The Oyama Cult in Regional History 1

The Development of the Oshi System 5

The Ancient and Medieval Periods 9

The Early Modern Transformation 13

1 From a Mountain Retreat to a Pilgrimage Center 19

Sacred Mountains in Japan 20

A Medieval Mountain Retreat 24

New Boundaries in the Early Modern Period 38

2 A Regional Kogi Shingon Academy 54

Restructuring the Monastic Complex, 1590-1618 57

Consolidating an Early Modern Shingon Temple Complex, 1618-1690 66

Full Institutional Formation, 1690-1750 69

Institutional Tensions, 1750-1867 76

3 The Emergence of the Oyama Oshi 84

From Yamabushi to Oshi, 1600-1670 87

Parishes as the Basis for Oshi Status, 1670-1700 94

Licensing Systems and Increasing Professionalization, 1700-1750 97

The Saturation of the Kanto Region and Status Differentiation, 1750-1800 102

Shintoization of the Oshi, 1800-1868 106

4 Managing the Mountain 117

A Shogunal Prayer Temple 118

Pilgrimage to Oyama 120

The Clergy's Contact with Pilgrims 128

The Oshi's Contact with Pilgrims 130

The Oshi's Parish Rounds 133

5 The Emergence of a Regional Pilgrimage 143

Pilgrimage in Early Modern Japan 144

Pilgrimage Routes to Oyama 147

Pilgrimage Confraternities 160

6 Reconfiguring the Pantheon 175

The Principal Deities in the Oyamadera engi 179

Tapping into Ancient Mythology: The Oyama jiki 182

Devotion to Fudo and Sekison in the Oyama Fudo reigenki 186

The Impact of Shirakawa Shinto in the Myootaro raiyu and Soyo Oyama fu 193

Nativism and the Afurijinja kodenko 198

7 A New Order, 1868-1885 206

The Disassociation of Kami and Buddhas 207

The Oshi during the Bakumatsu Era and the Restoration 212

Dismantling the Buddhist Institutions 216

The Creation of New Shinto Institutions 220

Gonda Naosuke and the Great Teaching Campaign 225

The Emergence of Oyama Keishin Kosba 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-306) and index.

ISBN:

9780674027756

0674027752

OCLC:

187548228