Emplacing a Pilgrimage: The Oyama Cult and Regional Religion in Early Modern Japan

The sacred mountain Oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. Ambros provides a narrative history of the mountain and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the Oyama cult and its religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts.

• | By (Author): Barbara Ambros (Author)
• | Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 325 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674027752
• | ISBN-13: 9780674027756