Hardacre, Helen, 1949-

Shinto : a history / Helen Hardacre. - xiii, 698 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-680) and index.

Shinto in the ancient period -- The Kami in myth -- The coalescence of early Shinto -- Shinto during the middle and late Heian period, tenth through twelfth centuries -- The esotericization of medieval Shinto -- Medieval Shinto and the arts -- The late medieval period -- Early Edo-period Shinto thought and institutions -- Edo-period shrine life and shrine pilgrimage -- Shinto and revelation -- Shinto and Kokugaku -- Shinto and the Meiji state -- Shinto and imperial Japan -- Shinto from 1945 through 1989 -- Shrine festivals and their changing place in the public sphere -- Heisei Shinto -- Appendix. Shrine funding.

9780190621711 (cloth : alk. paper)

2016021265


Shinto--History.

BL2218 / .H37 2016

299.5/6109