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Bringing together the innovative work of scholars from a variety of disciplines, Matsuri and Religion explores festivals in Japan through their interconnectedness to religious life in both urban and rural communities. Each chapter, informed by extensive ethnographic engagement, focuses on a specific festival to unpack the role of religion in collective ritualized activities. With attention to contemporary performance and historical transformation, the study sheds light on understandings of change, identity and community, as well as questions regarding intangible cultural heritage, tourism, and the intersection of religion with politics. Read as a whole, the volume provides a uniquely multi-sited ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study, contributing to discourses on religion and festival/ritual/performance in Japan and elsewhere around the globe.
Contents
PrefaceNotes on ContributorsList of Figures1 IntroductionMatsuri and Religion in JapanMichael Dylan Foster (, , ) and Elisabetta Porcu (, , )2 Displaying Mythological CharactersChanges in the Meanings of Decorations in the Sawara Grand Festival in Chiba, JapanTsukahara Shinji (, , )Jude Pultz3 Gion Matsuri in KyotoA Multilayered Religious PhenomenonElisabetta Porcu (, , )4 Sanno MatsuriFabricating Festivals in Modern JapanJohn Breen (, , )5 Eloquent PlasticityVernacular Religion, Change, and NamahageMichael Dylan Foster (, , )6 Kuma MatsuriBear Hunters as Intermediaries between Humans and NatureScott Schnell (, , )7 Fire, Prayer, and PurificationEarly Winter Events and Folk Beliefs in KyotoYagi Toru (, , )8 Encounters with the PastFractals and Atmospheres at Kasuga Wakamiya OnmatsuriAndrea Giolai (, , )9 Demographic Change in Contemporary Rural Japan and Its Impact on Ritual PracticesSusanne Klien (, , )10 Photographic Essay: Secret Eroticism and Lived ReligionThe Art of Matsuri PhotographyMichael Dylan Foster (, , ) and Ogano Minoru (Photographer, Saitama City, Japan)Index
