Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion Book by Andrea Castiglioni Kensaku Yamamoto goza (the top layer of

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prior to his appearance in the US

Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion Book by Andrea Castiglioni Kensaku Yamamoto goza (the top layer ofDefining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountains have been abodes of deities, a resting place for the dead, sources of natural bounty and calamities, places of religious activities, and a vast repository of symbols. The book shows that many peoples have chosen them as