Japanese religions at home and abroad : anthropological perspectives / Hirochika Nakamaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakamaki, Hirochika, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Religion.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese--Brazil--Religion.

Japanese.

Japan--Religious life and customs.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject. The book is important both for what it reveals about Japanese religions, and also because it demonstrates for western readers the distinctive Japanese approaches to the study of the subject and the different Japanese intellectual traditions which inform it. The book includes historical, cultural, regional and social approaches, and explains historical changes and regional differences. It goes on to provide cultural and symbolic analyses of festivals

Contents:

pt. 1. At home

pt. 2. Abroad.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-13026-8

1-283-71009-9

0-203-03749-9

1-136-13018-7

9780203037492

OCLC:

817889285