ABSTRACT

This volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Carmen Blacker, who wrote extensively on religion, myth and folklore.

part 1|194 pages

Religion, Myth & Folklore

chapter 1|8 pages

□ The Language of Birds

chapter 5|9 pages

□ The Angry Ghost in Japan

chapter 6|7 pages

□ The Seer as a Healer in Japan

chapter 7|18 pages

□ Divination and Oracles in Japan

chapter 9|9 pages

□ The Divine Boy in Japanese Buddhism

part 2|111 pages

Portraits & Recollections

chapter 20|10 pages

□ Marie Stopes and Japan

chapter 23|14 pages

□ Yoshio Markino, 1869-1956

chapter 24|12 pages

□ Laurence Oliphant and Japan, 1858-1888

chapter 25|9 pages

□ Christmas Humphreys and Japan

chapter 26|12 pages

□ Impressions of a Japanese University

part 3|35 pages

Book Reviews

chapter 30|2 pages

□ Zen and the Ways

chapter 33|4 pages

□ Shashin Gyōja Jitsukaga no Shugendō

chapter 34|3 pages

□ Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

chapter 35|5 pages

□ Shinto: the Fountainhead of Japan

chapter 37|3 pages

□ Selected Writings of Nichiren

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