Devotion in Flesh and Bone: The Mummified Corpses of Mount Yudono Ascetics in Edo-Period Japan
Devotion in Flesh and Bone: The Mummified Corpses of Mount Yudono Ascetics in Edo-Period Japan
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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In contemporary Japan the fame of Mount Yudono (Yamagata prefecture) derives from the high concentration of mummified bodies of ascetics, which are enshrined in various temples of this mountainous area. These taxidermic statues are often interpreted as the final result of a voluntary abandonment of the body in which the ascetic self-interred within...
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Devotion in Flesh and Bone: The Mummified Corpses of Mount Yudono Ascetics in Edo-Period Japan
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1882-6865
