Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Ise agents and interventions -- 1. Ancient Ise: Divine wrath and court politics -- 2. Classical Ise: Hosophobia codified -- 3. Amaterasu's escape from Ise -- 4. Ise in the Kamakura period: Lands and secrets -- 5. Ise in the Muromachi period: War and pilgrims -- 6. Ise restored and Shintoized -- 7. Pilgrims' pleasures: Ise in early modern Japan -- 8. A sacred city for a modern nation -- 9. The nation's shrine: Taisho and Showa period Ise -- 10. Yearning for the past: Ise in the post war -- Conclusion: Breaking open the Ise black box -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"Traces the history of the Ise shrines from the 7th century until today, focusing on the many episodes of crisis that transformed the social landscape around the shrines"-- Provided by publisher.
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