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Dancing as if Possessed: A Coming Out Party in Edo Spirit Society |
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Hansen, Wilburn
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.37 n.2 |
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| Date | 2010 |
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| Pages | 275 - 294 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Hirata Atsutane; nativism; tengu; senkyo ibun; spirit possession |
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| Abstract | The nineteenth-century nativist Hirata Atsutane’s desire to discover information
about his theorized supernatural Other World of kami and other spirits
was fulfilled through his leading conversations with the so-called tengu
apprentice Torakichi. This interaction is well-documented in his work Senkyō
ibun, which should be understood as a pseudo-ethnography of that Other
World. However, Torakichi’s usefulness to Atsutane was not merely limited to
insights gained from growing up in that Other World and having been trained
by its inhabitants. Atsutane also exploited his tengu apprentice Torakichi’s
unique talents in religious ritual and ritualized ceremonial settings to support
Atsutane’s theory of the superiority of native Japanese practices over all foreign
traditions. This article seeks to bring to light how Atsutane subverted dominant
modes of discourse and supported his controversial nativist theories by
staging performances in Edo salon society to provide ritual verification of a
new powerful kami-loving spirit in Edo. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Created date | 2013.01.11 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.07 |
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