Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku
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The Shikoku pilgrimage, a 1400 kilometre, eighty-eight temple circuit around Japan's fourth largest island, takes around forty days by foot, or one week by car. Historically, Buddhist ascetics walked it without ceasing, creating a tradition of unending pilgrimage that continues in the present era, both by pilgrims on foot and by others in cars. Some spend decades walking the pilgrimage, while others drive it repeatedly, completing hundreds of pilgrimage...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0197573592
ISBN13:9780197573594
Release Date:July 2021
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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