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1 online resource (ix, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge research on museums and heritage in Asia |
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Routledge research on museums and heritage in Asia.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Heritage-making and the transformation of religion in modern Japan -- Heritage, religion, and sacralisation -- Heritage preservation in Japan: a brief historical overview -- I The prewar years -- II The postwar period -- III The "Age of World Heritage" -- Beyond Japan -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The politics of Japan's use of World Heritage: From ratifying the World Heritage Convention to the .. |
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Internationalization in the 1970s -- The nomination of the Mozu-Furuichi Tumulus Cluster -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 An introduction to multilateral heritage politics: Japan and the World Heritage Convention -- Introduction -- Introducing the World Heritage Convention and its Committee -- Japan's entry onto the international World Heritage stage -- Patterns of Committee practice -- Committee tenures and patterns of World Heritage nominations -- Sidelining the advisory bodies and upgrading nominations -- Patterns of Committee representation |
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Rebranding of Japan's international sense of self -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 World Cultural Heritage and women's exclusion from sacred sites in Japan -- Introduction -- Tradition, heritage, exclusion -- Mt. Ōmine -- Okinoshima -- Creating heritage, erasing tradition? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Whose sacred site?: Contesting World Heritage at Sēfa Utaki -- Introduction -- Ganjū eki: the story of Sēfa Utaki -- The ticket booth: ownership and compromise -- The new "green space": butterflies and buffer zones -- Midori no Yakata Sēfa: manners matter |
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Ujōguchi and Urōkā: forgotten history -- Ufugūi: sacred site, secular managers -- Yuinchi: contested nature -- Sangūi and Chōnohana: a question of power -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 What does it mean to become UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage?: The case of aenokoto -- Aenokoto as "the niiname of the people" -- The response of the Japanese government to the ICH Convention -- Responses of regional authorities -- Inscription is decided -- The response of local authorities -- Performances of aenokoto -- Generation shifts |
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The Nakatani household (Wajima City, Machino-machi, Tokunari) -- The Tanaka household (Suzu City, Wakayama-machi, Himiya) -- The Kawaguchi household (Wajima City, Shiroyone) -- Aenokoto becomes a community ritual -- The Aenokoto Preservation Association in Kunishige, Noto Town -- The Mii Ta no Kamisama Preservation Association -- The Maruyama-gumi (Wajima City, Miimachi) -- Summing up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Kyoto's Gion float parade as heritage: Between culture, religion, and faith -- Crises of modernity: the Gion festival and the city tram |
| Summary |
"Sacred Heritage in Japan is the first volume to explicitly address the topics of Japanese religion and heritage preservation in connection with each other. Examining what happens when places of worship, such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, or Christian churches, and religious practices are rebranded as national culture, the book considers the impact of being designated tangible or intangible cultural properties and, more recently, as UNESCO World or Intangible Heritage. Drawing on primary ethnographic and historical research, the contributions to this volume show the variety of ways in which different actors have contributed to, negotiated, and at times resisted the transformation of religious traditions into heritage. Considering the conflicts that emerge about questions of signification and authority during these processes of transformation, the book provides important new perspectives on the local implications of UNESCO listings in the Japanese context and showcases the diversity of "sacred heritage" in present-day Japan. Combining perspectives from heritage studies, Japanese studies, religious studies, history and social anthropology, the volume will be of interest to scholars and students who want to learn more about the diversity of local responses to heritage conservation in non-Western societies. It will also be of interest to scholars and students engaged in the study of Japanese religion, society, or cultural policies"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Aike P. Rots is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Oslo. His research interests include religion and the environment, ritual and sacred space, human-nature relations, and the politics of religion in contemporary East and Southeast Asia. Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo. His field of research is the history of religion in Japan |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 08, 2020) |
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Japan -- Religious aspects
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Historic preservation -- Social aspects -- Japan
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Religion and culture -- Japan
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HISTORY / Asia / Japan
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RELIGION / History
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Religious aspects.
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Historic preservation -- Social aspects.
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Religion and culture.
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Japan.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rots, Aike P., editor.
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Teeuwen, Mark, editor.
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| LC no. |
2019053270 |
| ISBN |
9780429265976 |
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0429265972 |
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9781000045499 |
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1000045498 |
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9781000045567 |
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1000045560 |
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9781000045635 |
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1000045633 |
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