Real and Imagined

The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan

Heather Blair

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$49.95 • £39.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674504271

Publication Date: 05/04/2015

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364 pages

6 x 9 inches

11 line illustrations, 3 maps

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard East Asian Monographs

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Maps and Figures
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. The Mountain Imagined
- 1. Affective Landscape
- 2. The Local Pantheon
- 3. Ritual Regimes
II. The Real Peak
- 4. The Trail
- 5. Offerings and Interments
- 6. Personnel and Politics
III. Changing Landscapes
- 7. The Fall of the Peak of Gold
- 8. Engi and Interchange
Epilogue: The Rise of Shugendō
Bibliography
Glossary-Index

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