A path into the mountains : Shugendō and Mount Togakushi / Caleb Swift Carter.
"Japan's tradition of Shugendō has long been an object of fascination and intrigue among scholars and the general public, yet its historical development remains an enigma. A Path into the Mountains offers a provocative reexamination of the complex social, economic, and spiritual terrain f...
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University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Converting the demon with nine heads
- Emboldened narratives
- Contested boundaries
- Mountain asceticism before Shugendō
- A mountain school on the move
- A path of entry
- Pilgrims, dragon worship, and new kami
- Embedding Shugendō into a regional landscape
- Climbing for laymen, restrictions for women
- Ancient lore for a recent tradition.