In a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, this exciting new book examines pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred.
In a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, this exciting new book examines pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred.
Maria Rodriguez del Alisal is President of the Fundacion Instituto de Japonologia and Head of the Japanese Language Department in the Official School of Languages in Madrid, Spain. Her research interests include the transmission of socio-cultural values through religious festivals, advertising and mono-zukuri (the manufacture of objects). Peter Ackermann is Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. His research interests include Japanese language, education and schooling, communication processes and the development and transmission of cultural values and assumptions. Dolores Martinez is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology with reference to Japan at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. Her research interests have included maritime anthropology, religion, gender, tourism and the mass media in Japan.
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Introduction. Travel as Spiritual Quest in Japan Part 1: Pilgrimages, Paths and Places 1. Pilgrimage Roads in Spain and Japan 2. Pilgrimage, Space and Identity: Ise (Japan) and Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 3. The Concept of Pilgrimage in Japan 4. The Daily Life of the Henro on the Island of Shikoku during the Edo Priod as Mirror of Tokugawa Society 5. Stranger and Pilgrimage in Village Japan Part 2: Reconstructing the Quest 6. Current Increase in Walking Pilgrims 7. New Forms of Pilgrimage in Japanese Society 8. Old Gods, New Pilgrimages? A Whistle Stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks Part 3: The Quest for the Magic, Liminal, or Non-Ordinary 9. Pilgrimages in Japan. How Far are they Determined by Unconsciously Held Assumptions? 10. Agari-Umai, or the Eastern Tour: A Ryukyuan Royal Ritual and Its Transformations 11. Takiguchi Shuzo and Joan Miro 12. 'Hiroshima, mon Amour': An Inner Pilgrimage to Catharsis Part 4: The Quest for Vocational Fullfillment 13. 'Initiation Rites' and 'Pilgrimage' of Local Civil Servants in the Age of Internalization 14. Travel Ethnography in Japan 15. A Japanese Painter's Quest: Suda Kunitaro's Journey to Spain. Pilgrimage and Experience: An Afterword
Introduction. Travel as Spiritual Quest in Japan Part 1: Pilgrimages, Paths and Places 1. Pilgrimage Roads in Spain and Japan 2. Pilgrimage, Space and Identity: Ise (Japan) and Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 3. The Concept of Pilgrimage in Japan 4. The Daily Life of the Henro on the Island of Shikoku during the Edo Priod as Mirror of Tokugawa Society 5. Stranger and Pilgrimage in Village Japan Part 2: Reconstructing the Quest 6. Current Increase in Walking Pilgrims 7. New Forms of Pilgrimage in Japanese Society 8. Old Gods, New Pilgrimages? A Whistle Stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks Part 3: The Quest for the Magic, Liminal, or Non-Ordinary 9. Pilgrimages in Japan. How Far are they Determined by Unconsciously Held Assumptions? 10. Agari-Umai, or the Eastern Tour: A Ryukyuan Royal Ritual and Its Transformations 11. Takiguchi Shuzo and Joan Miro 12. 'Hiroshima, mon Amour': An Inner Pilgrimage to Catharsis Part 4: The Quest for Vocational Fullfillment 13. 'Initiation Rites' and 'Pilgrimage' of Local Civil Servants in the Age of Internalization 14. Travel Ethnography in Japan 15. A Japanese Painter's Quest: Suda Kunitaro's Journey to Spain. Pilgrimage and Experience: An Afterword
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