Imagining Exile in Heian Japan: Banishment in Law, Literature, and Cult 9780824854973

For over three hundred years during the Heian period (794–1185), execution was customarily abolished in favor of banishm

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Origin Myths
3. The Radiance of Exile
4. Spirits in Exile
5. Cosmologies of Law
6. Conclusion
Notes
Character Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Imagining Exile in Heian Japan: Banishment in Law, Literature, and Cult
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