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In Mountain Mandalas Allan G. Grapard provides a thought-provoking
history of one aspect of the Japanese Shugendo tradition in Kyushu,
by focusing on three cultic systems: Mount Hiko, Usa-Hachiman, and
the Kunisaki Peninsula. Grapard draws from a rich range of
theorists from the disciplines of geography, history, anthropology,
sociology, and humanistic geography and situates the historical
terrain of his research within a much larger context. This book
includes detailed analyses of the geography of sacred sites,
translations from many original texts, and discussions on rituals
and social practices. Grapard studies Mount Hiko and the Kunisaki
Peninsula, which was very influential in Japanese cultural and
religious history throughout the ages. We are introduced to
important information on archaic social structures and their
religious traditions; the development of the cult to the deity
Hachiman; a history of the interactions between Buddhism and local
cults in Japan; a history of the Shugendo tradition of mountain
religious ascetics, and much more. Mountain Mandalas sheds light on
important aspects of Japan's religion and culture, and will be of
interest to all scholars of Shinto and Japanese religion. Extensive
translations of source material can be found on the book's webpage.
In Mountain Mandalas Allan G. Grapard provides a thought-provoking
history of one aspect of the Japanese Shugendo tradition in Kyushu,
by focusing on three cultic systems: Mount Hiko, Usa-Hachiman, and
the Kunisaki Peninsula. Grapard draws from a rich range of
theorists from the disciplines of geography, history, anthropology,
sociology, and humanistic geography and situates the historical
terrain of his research within a much larger context. This book
includes detailed analyses of the geography of sacred sites,
translations from many original texts, and discussions on rituals
and social practices. Grapard studies Mount Hiko and the Kunisaki
Peninsula, which was very influential in Japanese cultural and
religious history throughout the ages. We are introduced to
important information on archaic social structures and their
religious traditions; the development of the cult to the deity
Hachiman; a history of the interactions between Buddhism and local
cults in Japan; a history of the Shugendo tradition of mountain
religious ascetics, and much more. Mountain Mandalas sheds light on
important aspects of Japan's religion and culture, and will be of
interest to all scholars of Shinto and Japanese religion. Extensive
translations of source material can be found on the book's webpage.
"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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