A Year in Seventeenth-Century Kyoto : : Edo-Period Writings on Annual Ceremonies, Festivals, and Customs /

A Year in Seventeenth-Century Kyoto : : Edo-Period Writings on Annual Ceremonies, Festivals, and Customs / / Gerald Groemer.

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Before the twentieth century, Japanese religious and cultural life was shaped by a variety of yearly ceremonies, festivals, and customs. These annual events (nenju gyoji) included Shinto festivals in which participants danced through the night to boisterous music and Buddhist temple practices that h...

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Groemer, Gerald,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (380 p.) :; 65 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Conventions
  • Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER 1 The Time of Annual Events in Kyoto
  • CHAPTER 2 The Space of Annual Events in Kyoto
  • CHAPTER 3 Recording Annual Events
  • CHAPTER 4 Tales of the Four Seasons in Yamashiro Province (1674)
  • CHAPTER 5 A Handbook of Annual Events (1694)
  • APPENDIX Important Japanese Religious Institutions Mentioned in This Book
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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