| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Series |
Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 376
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 376.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-324) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The mountain imagined -- Affective landscape -- The local pantheon -- Ritual regimes -- Part II. The real peak -- The trail -- Offerings and interments -- Personnel and politics -- Part III. Changing landscapes -- The fall of the Peak of Gold -- Engi and interchange -- Epilogue: The rise of Shugendo. |
| Summary |
"During the Heian period, the sacred mountain Kinpusen came to prominence as a pilgrimage destination for the most powerful men in Japan--the Fujiwara regents and the retired emperors. This book depicts their trek from the capital to the rocky summit, as well as the imaginative landscape they navigated, and sheds new light on Kinpusen, positioning it within the broader religious and political history of the Heian period"--Provided by the publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fujiwara family |
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Sacred space.
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Landscapes -- Religious aspects.
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Mountains -- Religious aspects.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185.
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 794-1185.
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Kings and rulers |
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Landscapes -- Religious aspects |
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Mountains -- Religious aspects |
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages |
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Politics and government |
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Sacred space |
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Japan |
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Japan -- Mount Kinpu (Nara-ken) |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Peak of Gold in Heian Japan |
| Other Form: |
0674504275 |
| ISBN |
1684175518 |
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9781684175512 |
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9780674504271 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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0674504275 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9781684175512. |
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