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The Protocol of the Gods - A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History (Hardcover, New)
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The Protocol of the Gods - A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History (Hardcover, New)
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"The Protocol of the Gods" is a pioneering study of the history of
relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and
imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga
Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple, one of the oldest
and largest of the shrine-temple complexes, Allan Grapard
characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern
Japanese religiosity. He argues that Shintoism and Buddhism should
not be studied in isolation, as hitherto supposed. Rather, a study
of the individual and shared characteristics of their respective
origins, evolutions, structures, and practices can serve as a model
for understanding the pre-modern Japanese religious
experience.
Spanning the years from a period before historical records to the
forcible separation of the Kasuga-Kofukuji complex by the Meiji
government in 1868, Grapard presents a wealth of little-known
material. He includes translations of rare texts and provides new,
accessible translations of familiar documents.
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