Emplacing a Pilgrimage: The Oyama Cult and Regional Religion in Early Modern Japan

by Barbara Ambros

Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. By the Edo period (1600-1868), the revered... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027752
• ISBN13: 9780674027756
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"