Description

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Describes the ritual cycle at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki's major Shinto shrine

Table of Contents

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

Acknowledgments

Conventions
1. Frames and Focuses
2. Historical Momentums
3. The Kami
4. Ritual and Ceremony: An Overview
5. Finding the Measure
6. Head Priest Uesugi

Spring
7. Beans versus Demons
8. On Becoming a Priest: Matsumoto-san's Version
9. Backstage at the Doll's Day Festival
10. Judgement by Scalding Water
11. Festival for Fecundity

Summer
12. Being Dirty, Getting Clean, and the Ritual of Great Purification
13. "I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, But…"
14. A Woman's Place Is the Shrine

Autumn
15. Okunchi: A City's Heart and Soul
16. Children and Silk
17. Thanksgiving for New Rice

Winter
18. On Spirit, Geomancy, and Sake
19. Sanctifying the Earth
20. Three Rites for Enduring and Beginning the Year
21. To Be an Adult

Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Rituals and Festivals of Suwa Shrine
Appendix 2: Map and Guide to the Shrine Precincts
Notes
Glossary of Japanese Terms
Works Cited
Index

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1996
      ISBN13: 9780295975009, 978-0295975009
      ISBN10: 0295975008
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes the ritual cycle at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki's major Shinto shrine

      Table of Contents

      A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

      Acknowledgments

      Conventions
      1. Frames and Focuses
      2. Historical Momentums
      3. The Kami
      4. Ritual and Ceremony: An Overview
      5. Finding the Measure
      6. Head Priest Uesugi

      Spring
      7. Beans versus Demons
      8. On Becoming a Priest: Matsumoto-san's Version
      9. Backstage at the Doll's Day Festival
      10. Judgement by Scalding Water
      11. Festival for Fecundity

      Summer
      12. Being Dirty, Getting Clean, and the Ritual of Great Purification
      13. "I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, But…"
      14. A Woman's Place Is the Shrine

      Autumn
      15. Okunchi: A City's Heart and Soul
      16. Children and Silk
      17. Thanksgiving for New Rice

      Winter
      18. On Spirit, Geomancy, and Sake
      19. Sanctifying the Earth
      20. Three Rites for Enduring and Beginning the Year
      21. To Be an Adult

      Conclusion
      Appendix 1: The Rituals and Festivals of Suwa Shrine
      Appendix 2: Map and Guide to the Shrine Precincts
      Notes
      Glossary of Japanese Terms
      Works Cited
      Index

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