Japanese mythology : hermeneutics on Scripture / Junʼichi Isomae ; translated by Mukund Subramanian.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Nichibunken monograph series ; no. 10. | Religion in culturePublication details: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. ; Kyoto, Japan ; International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), 2009.Description: viii, 181 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781845531829 (hb)
  • 1845531825 (hb)
  • 9781845531836 (pbk.)
  • 1845531833 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.56113 22 Is7j
LOC classification:
  • BL 2203 .I8213 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
National history, shintåo, and myth : general remarks on the history of the interpretation of the Kiki -- The canon and variants : an examination of the mythology of Susanowo -- Myth in metamorphosis : ancient and medieval versions of the Yamatotakeru legend -- Myth and rationality : understanding God in the early-modern and modern periods -- Myth and nationalism : Motoori Norinaga's creation myths -- The space of historical discourse : Ishimoda Shåo's theory of the heroic age.
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Translated from Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-174) and index.

National history, shintåo, and myth : general remarks on the history of the interpretation of the Kiki -- The canon and variants : an examination of the mythology of Susanowo -- Myth in metamorphosis : ancient and medieval versions of the Yamatotakeru legend -- Myth and rationality : understanding God in the early-modern and modern periods -- Myth and nationalism : Motoori Norinaga's creation myths -- The space of historical discourse : Ishimoda Shåo's theory of the heroic age.

Translated from the Japanese.

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