immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)

 

Teaching Resources

Akakura Mountain Shrine


Architecture and Natural Features

(see esp. Chapter Two, "Between Worlds: Akakura's Architecture of Potential Transformation")

See: Slide show of Akakura architectural and natural features

 

Sacred architectural sites in the Akakura complex include:

Conventional architectural spaces:

Important outdoor sites on Akakura Mountain include:

 

 

Internet Resources on Japanese religious architecture

An excellent on line, illustrated resource on Shinto architecture and sacral space, developed by UC-Berekely graduate student Vimalin Rujivacharakul.

Shinto Architecture

http://www.jinjapan.org/access/arch/shinto.html

Guide to Architecture in Kyoto

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hstj/histj.html

Japanese Architecture and Gardens

http://www.jinjapan.org/museum/arch.html

Jinja (Shrine)

http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_j.html#jinja

This helpful entry explains the major compoments of a Shinto shrine. From the Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms

http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/index.html
A helpful on line dictionary of Shinto terms, prepared by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University

Japanese Art and Architecture

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/japan/


Website developed by Ellen Schattschneider (Brandeis University)