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The Fox And The Jewel: Shared And Private Meanings In Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship
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The Deity Inari Has Been Worshipped In Japan Since At Least The Early Eighth Century And Today Is A Revered Presence In Such Varied Venues As Shinto Shrines, Buddhist Temples, Factories, Theaters, Private Households, Restaurants, Beauty Shops, And Rice Fields. Although At First Glance And To Its Many Devotees Inari Worship May Seem To Be A Unified Phenomenon, It Is In Fact Exceedingly Multiple, Noncodified, And Noncentralized. No Single Regulating Institution, Dogma, Scripture, Or Myth Centers The Practice. In This Exceptionally Insightful Study, The Author Explores The Worship Of Inari In The Context Of Homogeneity And Diversity In Japan. The Shapeshifting Fox And The Wishfulfilling Jewel, The Main Symbols Of Inari, Serve As Interpretive Metaphors To Describe The Simultaneously Shared Yet Infinitely Diverse Meanings That Cluster Around The Deity. That Such Diversity Exists Without The Apparent Knowledge Of Inari Worshippers Is Explained By The Use Of Several Communicative Strategies That Minimize The Exchange Of Substantive Information. Shared Generalized Meanings (Tatemae) Are Articulated While Private Meanings And Complexities (Honne) Are Left Unspoken. The Appearance Of Unity Is Reinforced By A Set Of Symbols Representing Fertility, Change, And Growth In Ways That Can Be Interpreted And Understood By Many Individuals Of Various Ages And Occupations.The Fox And The Jewel Describes The Rich Complexity Of Inari Worship In Contemporary Japan. It Explores Questions Of Institutional And Popular Power In Religion, Demonstrates The Ways People Make Religious Figures Personally Meaningful, And Documents The Kinds Of Communicative Styles That Preserve The Appearance Of Homogeneity In The Face Of Astonishing Factionalism.
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