Research Catalog

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.

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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.

Subject

• Fujiwara family
• Mountains > Japan > Religious aspects > History > To 1500
• Landscapes > Japan > Religious aspects > History > To 1500
• Sacred space > Japan > History > To 1500
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Japan > History > To 1500
• Kinpu, Mount (Nara-ken, Japan) > History
• Japan > Kings and rulers > Biography
• Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185
• Japan > Politics and government > 794-1185
• Japan > Religious life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Maps and figures -- Note to the reader -- 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 -- Glossary-index.

ISBN

• 9780674504271 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
• 0674504275 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2014032676

OCLC

• 893668791
• SCSB-11621901

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library