Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2

by Bernard Faure

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators is the second installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism--specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows the centrality of the gods in religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824839315
• ISBN13: 9780824839314
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 3.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.7" x 10.1"