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Real and imagined : the Peak of Gold in Heian Japan
- Title
- Real and imagined : the Peak of Gold in Heian Japan / Heather Blair.
- Author
- Blair, Heather Elizabeth
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 345 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 376
- Uniform Title
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 376.
- Alternative Title
- Peak of Gold in Heian Japan
- Subjects
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Japan > History > To 1500
- Mountains > Japan > Religious aspects > History > To 1500
- Fujiwara family
- Japan > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185
- Kinpu, Mount (Nara-ken, Japan) > History
- Japan > Religious life and customs
- Landscapes > Japan > Religious aspects > History > To 1500
- Japan > Politics and government > 794-1185
- Sacred space > Japan > History > To 1500
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4241
- ISBN
- 9780674504271 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 0674504275 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2014032676
- OCLC
- 893668791
- Author
- Blair, Heather Elizabeth, author.
- Title
- Real and imagined : the Peak of Gold in Heian Japan / Heather Blair.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.
- Distributor
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 376Harvard East Asian monographs ; 376.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-324) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4241