Mountain Mandalas

Allan G. Grapard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

• IllustrationsPrefaceOrganization of the BookAcknowledgementsA Note on Translation and Text1. Shugendo and the Production of Social SpaceKyushu Island: an ignored worldThe Hachiman cult’s nebulous originsUsa: from prehistoric village to cultic cityOracular pronouncements as divine directivesThe early Heian period: Iwashimizu HachimanThe Kunisaki Peninsula’s links to UsaMount Hiko2. Geotyped and Chronotyped Social SpacesHachiman’s traveling iconsMount Hiko: of swords, meteors, dragons, and goshawksWaiting for dawn on Mount Hiko: the geotype and chronotype of heterotopiaMount Hiko’s Sacred Perimeter: four corners and three dimensionsAltitude and altered states of mind: creating a DojoMandala templates: divine planningGeotyped and chronotyped, encoded, mandalized bodiesThe visionary imperative3. Festivities and Processions: Spatialities of PowerMount Hiko as a socio-ritualized spaceMount Hiko’s conflicts with Mount Homan and the Shogo-in monzekiMount Hiko’s ritual calendarThe New Year’s shusho tsuina rite: expel and inviteThe shusho goo rite: paper, pill, oathThe kissho shugi rite: sanctioning power and rankMountain sanctuaries awash in seawater: the shioitori riteFor the birds: the Zokei goku riteThe Matsue and Ondasai ritual festivitiesMineiri: the mandalized peregrinationsMandalized itinerariesPractices in the mountainsThe Daigyoji shrines and waterUsa Hachiman’s oracular spatialitiesKunisaki: a much-disturbed heterotopiaThe geognostic realm of the lotus in KunisakiCoursing through the peninsula4. Shattered Bodies, Statues, and the Appeal of Truncated MemoryMount Hiko’s quasi-destruction and fall into irrelevanceKunisaki: one breath away from the void of modernityHachiman’s return in disguiseAfterword: From Spatialities to DislocationRays of lightGlossaryNotesBibliography Index

Rich in details and thought-provoking as it provides an approach to aspects of Japanese religiosity through a focus on “spaciality” which is the guideline throughout this volume … extremely important and useful … a major contribution on this topic with interesting cross-references …