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Agents of World Renewal : the Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan.

This volume examines a category of Japanese divinities that centered on the concept of "world renewal" (yonaoshi). In the latter half of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867), a number of entities, both natural and supernatural, came to be worshipped as "gods of world renewal." These i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miura, Takashi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2019.
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