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The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan

By (author) Carmen Blacker

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This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.

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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published date | 15 Sep 1999
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 780g
ISBN | 978-1-8734-1085-1
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BISAC | social science / ethnic studies / general


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