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Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan

By John K. Nelson

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0824821203, 9780824821203
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6298697 bytes)
Pages
324\335
Time added
2016-10-24 10:27:20
Japan;Asia;History;World;Civilization & Culture;Ex

Description

An attempt to understand Shinto's continuing relevance to the cultural identity of contemporary Japanese. Through an investigation of one of Japan's venerated Shinto shrines, it addresses what appears to western eyes to be an exotic and incongruous blend of superstition and reason.

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