Kyoto's Gion festival : A social history / Mark Teeuwen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teeuwen, Mark, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Shinto Studies.

Bloomsbury Shinto Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Japan.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

This book focuses on the long history of what is arguably the most prestigious and influential festival in Japan - Kyoto's Gion festival. It explores this history from the festival's origins in the late 10th century to its post-war revival, drawing on Japanese historical studies and archival materials as well as the author's participant observation fieldwork. Exploring the social and political networks that have kept this festival alive for over a millennium, this book reveals how it has endured multiple reinventions. In particular, it identifies how at each historical juncture, different groups have found new purposes for the festival and adapted this costly enterprise to suit their own ends. The history of this festival not only sheds light on the development of Japanese festival culture as a whole, but also offers a window on Kyoto's history and provides a testing ground for recent festival theory..

Contents:

Introduction 1. Origins and the Festival's First Phase (c. 900-1200) 2. The Medieval Transformation of the Festival (c. 1200-1467) 3. The Revival of the Festival and its Early Modern Consolidation (1500-1871) 4. The Crisis of Modernity: the Festival's Decline and Reinvention (1871-1942) 5. The Post-war Revival and Contemporary Dynamics (1947-today) 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index.

Other Format:

Print version: Teeuwen, Mark Kyoto's Gion Festival

ISBN:

9781350229945

1350229946

9781350229952

1350229954

9781350229938

1350229938

OCLC:

1363836945