Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan: Asakusa Sensōji and EDO Society

by Nam-lin Hur

The unique amalgam of prayer and play at the Sensoji temple in Edo is often cited as proof of the "degenerate Buddhism" of the Tokugawa period. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674002407
• ISBN13: 9780674002401
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"