Norito A Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers - Updated Edition / by Donald L. Philippi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philippi, Donald L., Author.

Contributor:

Philippi, Donald L.

Standardized Title:

Engishiki norito. English.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Shinto.

Shinto--Prayers and devotions.

Genre:

Prayers and devotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 95 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton Univ. Press, 1990.

Language Note:

In English and Japanese.

Summary:

This volume presents the only English translation of the prayers of Japan's indigenous religious tradition, Shinto. These prayers, norito, are works of religious literature that are basic to our understanding of Japanese religious history. Locating Donald Philippi as one of a small number of scholars who have developed a perceptive approach to the problem of "hermeneutical distance" in dealing with ancient or foreign texts, Joseph M. Kitagawa recalls Mircea Eliade's observation that "most of the time [our] encounters and comparisons with non-Western cultures have not made all the `strangeness' of these cultures evident. . . . We may say that the Western world has not yet, or not generally, met with authentic representatives of the `real' non-Western traditions." Composed in the stately ritual language of the ancient Japanese and presented as a "performing text," these prayers are, Kitagawa tells us, "one of the authentic foreign representatives in Eliade's sense." In the preface Kitagawa elucidates their significance, discusses Philippi's methods of encountering the "strangeness" of Japan, and comments astutely on aspects of the encounter of East and West.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Notes on Individual Norito

Bibliography of Modem Works Consulted

Glossary

Notes:

Aus d. Japan. übers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691214528

0691214522

OCLC:

1227051175