immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)

 


 

 

 

 

Teaching Resources

Akakura Mountain Shrine

Sacred Beings

Koshin

Koshin deity is one of the divinities venerated at Akakura Mountain Shrine. Koshin has strong associations with travel and roads. Can be represented in the form of three wise monkeys.

Internet Resources on Koshin Deity

 

Some Notes about Koshin

http://www.lafcadiohearn.jp/kamakura/AboutKoshin.html

Koshin-do (Nara City)

http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/naracity/e/kan_spot_data/e_si159.html

Website developed by Ellen Schattschneider (Brandeis University)