Yamakage, Motohisa,  1925- <br/><br/>
The essence of Shinto :  Japan's spiritual heart / 
Motohisa Yamakage ; translators, Mineko S. Gillespie, Gerald L. Gillespie, Yoshitsugu Komuro ; editors, Paul de Leeuw, Aidan Rankin. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Tokyo ;  New York :  Kodansha International,  c2006. 
 - 229 p. :  ill. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Translated from the Japanese. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Shinto for the new millennium -- What is Shinto? -- What is jinja? -- The idea of misogi (purification) -- The idea of harai -- Koshinto : theory of one spirit, four souls -- Koshinto : view of the "other world" -- The systematic training method of chinkon. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9784770030443 4770030444 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006035866 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA712920  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013673302  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Shinto--Doctrines.<br/>Spiritual life--Shinto.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2221  / .Y355613 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>299.5/61