Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan 0824887883, 9780824887889

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Even a fleeting glimpse of Mount Fuji’s snow-capped peak emerging from the clouds in the distance evokes the reverence i

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This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and state in early modern Japan, and demonstrates the gro

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This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and state in early modern Japan, and demonstrates the gro

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Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akin

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This volume provides a valuable selection of new research on the subject of the generation, dissemination and applicatio

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Rich in detail and broad in scope, this majestic book is the first to reveal the interaction of politics and religion in

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