About this title: This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines' (Japanese sanja takusen), the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities, Amaterasu, Kasuga and Hachiman and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years, so different examples of it offer a series of 'windows' on developments in Japanese religious belief and practice. This is a pioneering study of a visual religious image which, though virtually unknown in the west, has occupied a key role in the transmission of both elite and popular ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780700713844ISBN:0700713840
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780700713844ISBN:0700713840
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) this is a richly-illustrated study of 'the oracles of the three shrines' (japanese sanja takusen), the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important japanese shrine-deities, amaterasu, kasuga and hachiman and their respective oracle texts. this is a richly-illustrated study of 'the oracles of the three shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important ... read more
Edition: ANNOTATED ED
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780700713844ISBN:0700713840
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 188 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (324 pages) this is a richly-illustrated study of 'the oracles of the three shrines' (japanese sanja takusen), the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important japanese shrine-deities, amaterasu, kasuga and hachiman and their respective oracle texts. 1 edition annotated ed (Hardback) read more
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780700713844ISBN:0700713840
Description: New. This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 yea... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail or DHL. International Priority mail for non-UK deliveries. Print on demand title. Delivery is typically 7-10 working days for UK delivery. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines' (Japanese sanja takusen), the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three ... read more
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