Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Miscellanea | Itineraries of an Anthropologist
Capitolo | “And the zasu Changed his Shoes”: The Resurgence of Combinatory Rituals in Contemporary Japan

“And the zasu Changed his Shoes”: The Resurgence of Combinatory Rituals in Contemporary Japan

Abstract

It is often assumed that the combinatory practices that have characterised Japanese religious history were wiped away by the separation of Buddhism and Shinto imposed by the Meiji restoration. Yet field evidence attests that shinbutsu rituals are still performed today in major Shinto institutions. This paper offers a reflection on the nature of contemporary combinatory rituals through three study cases: rituals that continue premodern traditions at Kasuga and Hiyoshi Taisha; new rituals created to emphasise the combinatory as the proper dimension of religion in Japan; exorcistic rituals recovered as a contribution to the current health emergency.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 26 Gennaio 2021 | Accettato: 06 Aprile 2021 | Pubblicato 18 Ottobre 2021 | Lingua: en

Keywords Iwashimizu HachimangūHiyoshi TaishaShinbutsuGoryōeCombinatory ritualsPilgrimage


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