A social history of the Ise shrines : divine capital / Mark Teeuwen and John Breen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teeuwen, Mark, author.

Breen, John, 1956- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Shinto studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ise Daijingu--History.

Ise Daijingu.

Religion and sociology--Japan--Ise-shi--History.

Religion and sociology.

Ise-shi (Japan)--History.

Ise-shi (Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs, tables.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"The Ise shrine complex is among Japan's most enduring national symbols, and A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital is the first book to trace the history of the shrines from their beginnings in the seventh century until the present day. Ise enshrines the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, the imperial ancestress and the most prominent among kami deities, and has played a vital role in Japan's social, political and religious history. The most popular pilgrims' attraction in the land from the sixteenth century onwards, in 2013 the Ise complex once again captured the nation's attention as it underwent its periodic rebuilding, performed once every twenty years. Mark Teeuwen and John Breen demonstrate that the Ise Shrines underwent drastic re-inventions as a result of on-going contestation between different groups of people in different historical periods. They focus on the agents responsible for these re-inventions, the nature of the economic, political and ideological measures they took, and the specific techniques they deployed to ensure that Ise survived one crisis after another in the course of its long history. This book questions major assumptions about Ise, notably the idea that Ise has always been defined by its imperial connections, and that it has always been a site of Shinto. Written by leading authorities in the field of Shinto studies, this is the essential history of Japan's most significant sacred site."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

"Traces the history of the Ise shrines from the 7th century until today, focusing on the many episodes of crisis that transformed the social landscape around the shrines."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Maps and Illustrations

Prologue

Note to the Reader

Introduction: Divine capital: Ise and its agents

Chapter 1. Divine wrath and court politics

Chapter 2. Classical Ise: Hosophobia codified

Chapter 3. Amaterasu's escape from Ise

Chapter 4. Ise in the Kamakura period: Lands and secrets

Chapter 5. Ise in the Muromachi period: War and pilgrims

Chapter 6. Ise restored and Shintoised

Chapter 7. Pilgrims' pleasures: Ise and its patrons in the Edo period

Chapter 8. Meiji Ise: The emperor's mausoleum and the modern pilgrim

Chapter 9. Ise and nation in Taisho and early Showa Japan

Chapter 10. Crisis and recovery: Ise's postwar transformations

Conclusion: Phases of redevelopment

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-282) and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4742-7278-9

1-4742-7281-9

1-4742-7280-0

OCLC:

967778318