Although located far from the populated centres of traditional Japan, the three Kumano shrines occupied a central position in the Japanese religious landscape. For centuries Kumano was the most visited pilgrimage site in Japan and attracted devotees from across the boundaries of sect (Buddhist, Daoist, Shinto), class, and gender. It was also a major institutional centre, commanding networks of affiliated shrines, extensive landholdings, and its own army, and a site of production, generating agricultural products and ...
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Although located far from the populated centres of traditional Japan, the three Kumano shrines occupied a central position in the Japanese religious landscape. For centuries Kumano was the most visited pilgrimage site in Japan and attracted devotees from across the boundaries of sect (Buddhist, Daoist, Shinto), class, and gender. It was also a major institutional centre, commanding networks of affiliated shrines, extensive landholdings, and its own army, and a site of production, generating agricultural products and symbolic capital in the form of spiritual values. Kumano was thus both a real place and a utopia: a non-place of paradise or enlightenment. It was a location in which cultural ideals - about death, salvation, gender, and authority - were represented, contested, and even at times inverted. This book encompasses both the real and the ideal, both the historical and the ideological, Kumano.
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Very good. No jacket. The jacket is shelf worn and rubbed. The book is in great condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
