immortal
wishes:
labor and transcendence
on
a Japanese sacred mountain
Ellen Schattschneider
Duke University Press (2003)
Teaching Resources
Akakura Mountain Shrine Rituals
Ancestral Memorialization
Rite (Senzo Kuyo)
Worshippers circumambulate thirty-three times around the shrine precincts. Here, they pass by the table, in front of Shokannonsama (visible to the left), on which have been piled offerings of rice wine and foodstuffs.
