Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan : With a Selection from P.G. O'Neill's Photographic Archive of Matsuri

ISBN-13: 9781873410639 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 300 str.

Herbert Plutschow;Herbert Plutschow

Opis

This work offers an understanding of the nature and manifestations of Shinto through the many historic festivals (matsuri). It approaches the classification of matsuri through discussions on Shinto, Buddhism, the Shinto-Buddhist synthesis, shrines and temples, deities, Buddhas and Deity-Buddhas, with the intention of enhancing an understanding of the nature of Japanese religion, and therefore Western conceptual undestanding of Japanese society itself. Photographs provide a pictoral data base of both contemporary life and times past.

Contribution to Western understanding of the nature and manifestations of Shinto through the vast galaxy of historic festivals (matsuri) that are here categorized and analysed.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: Shinto and Shinto-Buddhist Matrusi in Perspective; 1: What are Matsuri?; 2: The Structure of the Festival; 3: Shinto-Buddhist Festivals; 4: Festivals and the Fear of Evil Spirits; 5: The Evolution of Festivals; 2: The Visiting Deities; 6: The Form of Deities; 7: The Movement of Deities (T?gy?); 8: The Dancing Deities; 9: Ritual Drama

O autorze

Herbert Plutschow