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Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts

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Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts - Rambelli, Fabio (Editor), and Porath, Or (Editor)
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The first interdisciplinary collection of essays on a central Japanese Buddhist ritual called kanj ("pouring water on the top of the head"), a variant of the ancient Indian abhi eka ritual. This book traces the history of this ritual from an

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Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts 2022, de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

ISBN-13: 9783110720143

Hardcover