Matsuri : the festivals of Japan / Herbert Plutschow ; with annotated plate section by P.G. O'Neill.
By: Plutschow, Herbert E
Contributor(s): O'Neill, P. G. (Patrick Geoffrey)
Material type: TextPublisher: Richmond, Surrey : Japan Library, 1996Description: 291 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1873410638Subject(s): Shinto -- Japan -- Rituals | Buddhism -- Japan -- Rituals | Shinto -- Japan -- Customs and practices | Buddhism -- Japan -- Customs and practices | Festivals -- JapanDDC classification: 299/.56136 LOC classification: BL2211.F37 | .P58 M38 1996BL2224.25.M38 | P58 1996Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.
1. What are Matsuri? -- The Nature of the Deities -- The Man-Deity Totality -- Renewal -- Periodicity -- Anticipation -- Transformation -- The Sacred Calendar -- 2. The Structure of the Festival -- Kami-Oroshi -- Kami-Asobi -- Kami-Okuri -- 3. Shinto-Buddhist Festivals -- Shuni-e and Shusho-e -- Okina -- Ennen -- Nenbutsu Dances and Raigo-e -- Buddhist Rice-planting -- Buddhist Rain-making -- 4. Festivals and the Fear of Evil Spirits -- Goryo -- Goryo-e -- 5. The Evolution of Festivals -- From Dance to Theatre -- From Modoki to Kyogen -- From Nenbutsu to Kabuki -- From Song to Poetry -- From Recitation to Fiction -- From Ritual Acrobatics to Secular Acrobatics -- 6. The Form of Deities -- The Purifying Deities -- Marebito -- Scapegoat Deities -- Animal Deities -- 7. The Movement of the Deities (Togyo) -- Mikoshi -- Dashi (Floats) -- Hadaka Matsuri -- Matsuri Competition -- Kenka Matsuri -- Arai-mikoshi -- Boat Mikoshi -- 8. The Dancing Deities -- Kagura -- Takusen (Oracles) -- Dancing Buddhas -- Dancing Mythical Heroes -- Dengaku and Other Agricultural Rituals -- Furyu -- Ennen -- Nenbutsu Odori -- 9. Ritual Drama -- Noh -- Kyogen -- Furyu Kabuki and Kabuki Kyogen -- Puppet Plays.
"In illuminating the pathways to Shinto, the author is also providing important stepping-stones for an enhanced understanding of the nature and workings of Japanese 'religion' and therefore Western conceptual understanding of Japanese society itself." "The book approaches the classification of matsuri through discussions on Shinto, Buddhism, The Shinto-Buddhist synthesis, shrines and temples, deities, Buddhas and Deity-Buddhas." "Although a scholarly work, the author has endeavoured to keep the general reader in mind with 'minimum use or abuse' of scholarly terminology in order to achieve understanding at the widest level." "Accompanying the work are selected plates from P.G.O'Neill's unique photographic record of a variety of matsuri, photographed in the late 1950s, together with his own commentaries, which provide a valuable complement to Herbert Plutschow's text."--BOOK JACKET.
Gift; Gaston Petit, O.P.; 2020.
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