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Originally published as Volume 9, No. 1–3 (2020) of Brill’s journal Journal of Religion in Japan.
Cover Illustration: Naka goza mikoshi in front of the o-tabisho during Gion Matsuri, Kyoto (24 July 2014). Photo by Elisabetta Porcu.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Porcu, Elisabetta, editor. | Foster, Michael Dylan, 1965- editor.
Title: Matsuri and religion : complexity, continuity, and creativity in Japanese festivals / edited by Elisabetta Porcu, Michael Dylan Foster.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | "Originally published as Volume 9, No. 1-3 (2020) of Brill's journal Journal of Religion in Japan"–Colophon. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021020401 (print) | LCCN 2021020402 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004466524 (paperback) | ISBN 9789004466548 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Festivals–Japan. | Religion and sociology–Japan.
Classification: LCC BL2211.F37 M38 2021 (print) | LCC BL2211.F37 (ebook) | DDC 394.2650952–dc23
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