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The Fox and the Jewel : Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship by Karen A. Smyers (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Number of Pages: 288. Weight: 0.95 lbs. Publication Date: 1998-12-01. Publisher: UNIV OF HAWAII PR.

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The deity Inari has been worshipped in Japan since at least the early eighth century and today is a revered presence in such varied venues as Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, factories, theaters, private households, restaurants, beauty shops, and rice fields. Although at first glance and to its many devotees Inari worship may seem to be a unified phenomenon, it is in fact exceedingly multiple, noncodified, and noncentralized. No single regulating institution, dogma, scripture, or myth centers the practice. In this exceptionally insightful study, the author explores the worship of Inari in the context of homogeneity and diversity in Japan. The shape-shifting fox and the wish-fulfilling jewel, the main symbols of Inari, serve as interpretive metaphors to describe the simultaneously shared yet infinitely diverse meanings that cluster around the deity. That such diversity exists without the apparent knowledge of Inari worshippers is explained by the use of several communicative strategies that minimize the exchange of substantive information. Shared generalized meanings (tatemae) are articulated while private meanings and complexities (honne) are left unspoken. The appearance of unity is reinforced by a set of symbols representing fertility, change, and growth in ways that can be interpreted and understood by many individuals of various ages and occupations. The Fox and the Jewel describes the rich complexity of Inari worship in contemporary Japan. It explores questions of institutional and popular power in religion, demonstrates the ways people make religious figures personally meaningful, and documents the kinds of communicative styles that preserve the appearance of homogeneity in the face of astonishing factionalism.

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-10
0824821025
ISBN-13
9780824821029
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
Karen A. Smyers
Publication Name
Fox and the Jewel : Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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8.9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Bl2211.I5s69 1999
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Prsentiert faszinierendes ethnographisches Material und bietet Einblick in die Ablufe an bedeutenden Kultsttten Japans., The Fox and the Jewel is not only a study of Japanese religion but of Japanese society in general, doing away with the simple prejudice that the Japanese are less individualistic and more group oriented than other people. This book also shows how interdisciplinary work by anthropologists can give a more complete picture of a society than the more highly specialized studies of some Japanologists limiting their view, for example, to literature, sociology, or a single religious tradition of Japan., Smyers presents a very individualized form of Japanese religion ... challeng[ing] the perception of cultural uniformity., Not only closes the gap [in critical scholarship on Shinto] but offers a new model of scholarship by encouraging the rest of us to examine the textual with the experiential, the institutional with the personal. The book is also accessible for the general public., Präsentiert faszinierendes ethnographisches Material und bietet Einblick in die Abläufe an bedeutenden Kultstätten Japans., An excellent overview of not only Inari worship, but of how one element of religion functions in Japanese society. And the author also has a very readable style., A sustained reflection, supported by keen and sympathetic observation ... rich in hints about the way Japan really works. It is well worth reading., A well written and detailed report on a religious phenomenon that can be found throughout Japan, and even in Japanese diasporas., A highly focused anthropological study that has all the academic virtues ... combined with the best qualities of good journalism ... that bring a subject to life.
Copyright Date
1998
Topic
Asia / Japan, Eastern, Philosophy
Lccn
98-034604
Dewey Decimal
299/.561211
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Religion, History, Philosophy

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