Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage explores the ritual practice of
"circulatory pilgrimages" - the visiting of many temples in a
numbered sequence. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims
travel such temple routes, seeking peace of mind, health and
wellbeing for themselves and others as the benefits of such
meritorious endeavour. This form of pilgrimage appears to be unique
to Japan. The practice began centuries ago and involved visiting 33
temples devoted to the Bodhisattva Kannon, spread widely over
western Japan. Soon afterwards the equally famous pilgrimage to 88
temples on Japan's fourth island of Shikoku came into prominence.
This is the first comprehensive study of all the major and many of
the minor routes, The book also examines how the practice of
circulatory pilgrimage developed among the shrines and temples for
the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, and beyond them to the rather
different world of Shinto. The varying significance of the
different pilgrimages is also explored. In addition to all the
information about the routes, the book includes numerous
illustrations and examples of the short Buddhist texts chanted by
the pilgrims on their rounds.
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