immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)


Teaching Resources

Akakura Mountain Shrine Rituals

Quicktime Videos

The video resources for this website are in preparation. A few video clips are available, of the following shrine rituals:
Memorialization rite
Cooking Pot (kamado) rite

 

 

   

 

Website developed by Ellen Schattschneider (Brandeis University)