Background
Nakamaki, Hirochika was born on January 30, 1947 in Nagano, Japan.
(In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese r...)
In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject. The book is important both for what it reveals about Japanese religions, and also because it demonstrates for western readers the distinctive Japanese approaches to the study of the subject and the different Japanese intellectual traditions which inform it. The book includes historical, cultural, regional and social approaches, and explains historical changes and regional differences. It goes on to provide cultural and symbolic analyses of festivals to reveal their full meanings, and examines Japanese religions among Japanese and non-Japanese communities abroad, exploring the key role of religion in defining Japanese ethnic identity outside Japan.
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Nakamaki, Hirochika was born on January 30, 1947 in Nagano, Japan.
Bachelor in Cultural Anthropology, Saitama University, 1970. Master of Arts in Science of Religion, Tokyo University, 1973. Doctor of Letters in Science of Religion, Tokyo University, 1986.
Research fellow National Museum Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, 1977—1986. Visiting scholar Centro de Estudos Nio-Brasileires, Brazil. Associate professor National Museum Ethnology, Osaka, 1983—1985.
Visiting scholar Museum Parense Emilio Goeldi, Brazil, 1990—1991. Professor National Museum Ethnology, Osaka, since 1995. Visiting fellow Nissan Institute Japanese Studies, University Oxford, England, 2000.
Visiting professor Center for Japansese Studies University Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2004. President Anthropology of Japan in Japan, since 2001. Vice president National Institute for Research Advancement, Toyko, since 2002.
(In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese r...)
Member of Japanese Society Cultural Anthropology, Japanese Association Study of Religion and Society, Japan Anthropology Workshop.