The Oracles of the Three Shrines

Windows on Japanese Religion

• Author(s): Brian Bocking,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 324
• ISBN_10: 1136845526
  ISBN_13: 9781136845529
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years, so different examples of it offer a series of 'windows' on developments in Japanese religious belief and practice.