Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

Name: Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine
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ISBN: 9780295975009

ISBN-10: 0295975008

ISBN-13: 9780295975009

Edition: N/A

Authors: John K. Nelson

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 1/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Conventions



Frames and Focuses



Historical Momentums



The Kami



Ritual and Ceremony: An Overview



Finding the Measure



Head Priest Uesugi


Spring



Beans versus Demons



On Becoming a Priest: Matsumoto-san's Version



Backstage at the Doll's Day Festival



Judgement by Scalding Water



Festival for Fecundity


Summer



Being Dirty, Getting Clean, and the Ritual of Great Purification



"I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, Butï¿½"



A Woman's Place Is the Shrine


Autumn



Okunchi: A City's Heart and Soul



Children and Silk



Thanksgiving for New Rice


Winter



On Spirit, Geomancy, and Sake



Sanctifying the Earth



Three Rites for Enduring and Beginning the Year



To Be an Adult


Conclusion



The Rituals and Festivals of Suwa Shrine



Map and Guide to the Shrine Precincts


Notes


Glossary of Japanese Terms


Works Cited


Index