6,235円 The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming.

1,054円 De Daija. Dit mythologische wezen dat in Japan is gevonden is goed onbekend bij westerlingen. En toch! De invloed ervan op de Japanse cultuur en op de opvoeding van de kinderen is des te belangrijker. Soms is de Daija in staat om te veranderen in een mooie jonge vrouw, die er soms uitziet als een...

1,054円 A travers 130 petites histoires et témoignages, découvrez les fantômes japonais sous un étrange aspect : la boule de feu. C’est ce qu’on appelle des Hi no Tama, littéralement « boule de lumière/énergie/feu ». Parfois de simples feu-follets, parfois l’esprit d’une personne à la recherche de quelqu...

9,021円 This anthology reflects a range of Japanese religions in their complex, sometimes conflicting, diversity. In the tradition of the Princeton Readings in Religions series, the collection presents documents (legends and miracle tales, hagiographies, ritual prayers and ceremonies, sermons, reform tre...

7,031円 Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in ...

1,229円 Le folklore japonais est riche en histoires et ses créatures sont toutes plus étonnantes les unes que les autres. Parmi elles, le Tanuki est sûrement celui qui fait le plus parler de lui. Qu’on s’en moque à cause de ses énormes atouts masculins ou qu’on s’amuse de ses farces, le Tanuki est le per...

1,583円 Japanese folklore is rich in stories and its creatures are all more amazing than the others. Among them, the tanuki is surely the most talked about. Whether we make fun of him because of his huge male assets or just because of his jokes, the tanuki is the main character of many of the short stori...

5,448円 Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this Handbook is the most up-to-date guide to contemporary scholarship in the field. As well as charting innovative research taking place, this book also points to new directions for future research, coveri...

5,448円 This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and state in early modern Japan, and demonstrates the growing awareness of Shinto in both the political and the intellectual elite of Tokugawa Japan, even though Buddhism remained the privileged means of stately religious control. The...

1,054円 Dans un Japon où les dieux du Ciel ont pris le dessus sur les divinités de la terre, les dieux des montagnes demeurent sous la forme de Yokai. Les Yama-no-Kami sont aujourd’hui de plus en plus oubliés mais quelques traditions perdurent et permettent de les faire survivre à l’époque contemporaine....

562円 Sumo is the official national sport of Japan, as recognized by the country’s government. It is built around the simple concept of two nigh-naked men battling within a small roped ring, but actually has a far deeper meaning, which encompasses both Shinto beliefs and Japan’s most subtle cultural nu...

3,522円 Although religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic “religions of the book,” this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition and considers its role in shaping postwar Japanese nationalism and politics. Over the past half-century, ...