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Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan Ser.: Collected Writings of Carmen Blacker by Carmen Blacker (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-101138991473
ISBN-139781138991477
eBay Product ID (ePID)229580066
Product Key Features
Number of Pages366 Pages
Publication NameCollected Writings of Carmen Blacker
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Asia / Japan, Regional Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorCarmen Blacker
SeriesCollected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal952.033
Table Of Content1: Religion, Myth & Folklore; 1: ? The Language of Birds; 2: ? Paradise at the Beginning of Time: an Intimation of the Enlightened State; 3: ? Two Shinto Myths: the Golden Age and the Chosen People; 4: ? The Snake Woman in Japanese Myth and Legend; 5: ? The Angry Ghost in Japan; 6: ? The Seer as a Healer in Japan; 7: ? Divination and Oracles in Japan; 8: ? The Shinza or God-seat in the Daij?sai: Throne, Bed or Incubation Couch?; 9: ? The Divine Boy in Japanese Buddhism; 10: ? Supernatural Abductions in Japanese Folklore; 11: 11 ? Symbolism of the Divine Guest in Shingon Ritual; 12: ? The Goddess Emerges from her Cave: Fujita Himiko and her Dragon Palace Family; 13: ? Forgotten Practices of the Past: Kaempfer's Strange Description of the Japanese Emperor; 14: ? The Religious Traveller in the Edo Period; 15: ? The Disguised Wandering Saint: an Example of the Stranger in Folklore; 16: ? Initiation in the Shugend?: the Passage Through the Ten States of Existence; 2: Portraits & Recollections; 17: ? Recollections of Baba Tatsui's Elementary Grammar; 18: ? Intent of Courtesy: a Recollection of Arthur Waley; 19: ? A Room with a Gourd: Recollections of Osaragi Jiro; 20: ? Marie Stopes and Japan; 21: ? The Two Piggotts: Sir Francis Taylor Piggott and Major General F.S.G. Piggott; 22: ? Minakata Kumagusu, 1867-1941: a Genius now Recognized; 23: ? Yoshio Markino, 1869-1956; 24: ? Laurence Oliphant and Japan, 1858-1888; 25: ? Christmas Humphreys and Japan; 26: ? Impressions of a Japanese University; 27: ? Three Great Japanologists: Chamberlain, Aston and Satow; 3: Book Reviews; 28: ? Dr Willis in Japan: British Medical Pioneer 1862-1877; 29: ? A Diplomat's Wife in Japan: Sketches at the Turn of the Century; 30: ? Zen and the Ways; 31: ? Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan; 32: ? Edmund Blunden and Japan: the History of a Relationship; 33: ? Shashin Gy?ja Jitsukaga no Shugend?; 34: ? Unbeaten Tracks in Japan; 35: ? Shinto: the Fountainhead of Japan; 36: ? Y?sei Jiten ('Dictionary of Fairies'); 37: ? Selected Writings of Nichiren; 38: ? Rethinking Sorrow: Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan
SynopsisThis volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Carmen Blacker, who wrote extensively on religion, myth and folklore.
LC Classification NumberBL2202.3
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