Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan

Asakusa Sensōji and Edo Society

Nam-lin Hur (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2000
Harvard University, Asia Center (Verlag)
978-0-674-00240-1 (ISBN)

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The unique amalgam of prayer and play at the Sensōji temple in Edo is often cited as proof of the “degenerate Buddhism” of the Tokugawa period. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensōji, however, shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. Play was an integral part of the business of religion at Sensōji, and the temple supplied both in equal measure to often rootless Edoites.

Nam-lin Hur’s reappraisal of prayer and play and their inherent connectedness provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion and shows how Edo commoners incorporated cultural politics into their daily lives through the pursuit of prayer and play.

Nam-lin Hur is Professor of the History of Japan and Religious Culture at the University of British Columbia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.5.2000
Reihe/Serie	Harvard East Asian Monographs
Zusatzinfo	13 line illustrations, 5 tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-674-00240-7 / 0674002407
ISBN-13	978-0-674-00240-1 / 9780674002401
Zustand	Neuware