Japanese Enthronement Ceremonies

D.C. Holtom (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

1996
Kegan Paul (Verlag)
978-0-7103-0522-0 (ISBN)

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This text contains descriptions of the Japanese enthronement ceremonies. It covers the rituals, costumes, offerings, equipment, music, seating plans and buildings in which the ceremonies are held, giving their present function and past history. It examines the underlying importance of the rites.

First Published in 1996. This volume contains the finest and most detailed descriptions of the Japanese enthronement ceremonies and imperial regalia available in the English language. Privately printed in 1928, it has never before been widely available. In an approach that combines history and anthropology, it presents meticulous description of the rituals, costumes, offerings and buildings in which the ceremonies - mostly enacted in private - are held.

Daniel Clarence Holtom (1884-1962), held an AB and a DD from Kalamazoo College, Michigan, an AB and PhD from the University of Chicago, a BD from Newton Theological Institution and aDD from Brown University.

The Imperial Regalia;: The Mirror; The Sword; The Jewels; The Ceremonies in Outline; The Soku Rei: the Ceremony of Ascending the Throne; Preparations for the Daijo Sai; The Daijo Sai: The Great New Food Festival; Epilogue: the Meaning of the Ceremonies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.1.1996
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	470 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7103-0522-2 / 0710305222
ISBN-13	978-0-7103-0522-0 / 9780710305220
Zustand	Neuware