“And the zasu Changed his Shoes”: The Resurgence of Combinatory Rituals in Contemporary Japan.
(2021)
Book Chapter
Dolce, L. (2021). “And the zasu Changed his Shoes”: The Resurgence of Combinatory Rituals in Contemporary Japan. In G. Bulian, & S. Rivadossi (Eds.), Itineraries of an Anthropologist (151-180). Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-527-8/008
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 sti... Read More about “And the zasu Changed his Shoes”: The Resurgence of Combinatory Rituals in Contemporary Japan..