The Vanquished Gods of Izumo
by
Professor Yijiang Zhong
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology centered on the Izumo Shrine in western Japan as part of this process, he shows how and why this god...