A social history of the Ise shrines : divine capital / Mark Teeuwen and John Breen.

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Introduction: Ise agents and interventions
1. Ancient Ise: Divine wrath and court politics
2. Classical Ise: Hosophobia codified
3. Amaterasu's escape from Ise
4. Ise in the Kamakura period: Lands and secrets
5. Ise in the Muromachi period: War and pilgrims
6. Ise restored and Shintoized
7. Pilgrims' pleasures: Ise in early modern Japan
8. A sacred city for a modern nation
9. The nation's shrine: Taisho and Showa period Ise
10. Yearning for the past: Ise in the post war
Conclusion: Breaking open the Ise black box
Bibliography
Index.