The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity (Records of Civilization)

By Royall Tyler

Book Overview

In this peerless study of the "Kasuga Gongen genki," twenty fourteenth-century picture scrolls illuminating the sacred powers of the Kasuga Shrine on Mount Miyama, Royall Tyler collapses the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religious practice and argues for reading in the scrolls critical reflections of developments in Japanese history, society, culture, literature, and religion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231069588
• ISBN13: 9780231069588
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher