Mount Fuji: Icon of Japan

by Byron H. Earhart

Book Overview

Illustrated with color and black-and-white images of the mountain and its associated religious practices, H. Byron Earhart's study utilizes his decades of fieldwork--including climbing Fuji with three pilgrimage groups--and his research into Japanese and Western sources to offer a comprehensive overview of the evolving imagery of Mount Fuji from ancient times to the present day. Included in the book is a link to his twenty-eight minute streaming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611170001
• ISBN13: 9781611170009
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"