Real and Imagined: The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan
(Book #376 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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During the Heian period (794-1185), the sacred mountain Kinpusen, literally the "Peak of Gold," came to cultural prominence as a pilgrimage destination for the most powerful men in Japan--the Fujiwara regents and the retired emperors. Real and Imagined depicts their one-hundred-kilometer trek from the capital to the rocky summit as well as the imaginative landscape they navigated. Kinpusen was believed to be a realm of immortals, the domain of an...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674504275
ISBN13:9780674504271
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"
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