Sacred Heritage in Japan (Routledge Research on Museums and Heritage in Asia)

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Chapter 1 Heritage-making and the transformation of religion in modern Japan
	Heritage, religion, and sacralisation
	Heritage preservation in Japan: a brief historical overview
		I The prewar years
		II The postwar period
		III The “Age of World Heritage”
	Beyond Japan
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2 The politics of Japan’s use of World Heritage: From ratifying the World Heritage Convention to the ...
	Internationalization in the 1970s
	The nomination of the Mozu–Furuichi Tumulus Cluster
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3 An introduction to multilateral heritage politics: Japan and the World Heritage Convention
	Introduction
	Introducing the World Heritage Convention and its Committee
	Japan’s entry onto the international World Heritage stage
	Patterns of Committee practice
		Committee tenures and patterns of World Heritage nominations
		Sidelining the advisory bodies and upgrading nominations
		Patterns of Committee representation
	Rebranding of Japan’s international sense of self
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4 World Cultural Heritage and women’s exclusion from sacred sites in Japan
	Introduction
	Tradition, heritage, exclusion
	Mt. Ōmine
	Okinoshima
	Creating heritage, erasing tradition?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 5 Whose sacred site?: Contesting World Heritage at Sēfa Utaki
	Introduction
	Ganjū eki: the story of Sēfa Utaki
	The ticket booth: ownership and compromise
	The new “green space”: butterflies and buffer zones
	Midori no Yakata Sēfa: manners matter
	Ujōguchi and Urōkā: forgotten history
	Ufugūi: sacred site, secular managers
	Yuinchi: contested nature
	Sangūi and Chōnohana: a question of power
	Concluding remarks
	Notes
	References
Chapter 6 What does it mean to become UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage?: The case of aenokoto
	Aenokoto as “the niiname of the people”
	The response of the Japanese government to the ICH Convention
	Responses of regional authorities
		Inscription is decided
		The response of local authorities
		Performances of aenokoto
	Generation shifts
		The Nakatani household (Wajima City, Machino-machi, Tokunari)
		The Tanaka household (Suzu City, Wakayama-machi, Himiya)
		The Kawaguchi household (Wajima City, Shiroyone)
	Aenokoto becomes a community ritual
		The Aenokoto Preservation Association in Kunishige, Noto Town
		The Mii Ta no Kamisama Preservation Association
		The Maruyama-gumi (Wajima City, Miimachi)
	Summing up
	Notes
	References
Chapter 7 Kyoto’s Gion float parade as heritage: Between culture, religion, and faith
	Crises of modernity: the Gion festival and the city tram
	The crisis of wartime suspension and postwar revival
	The Kyoto mayor and the reform of the Gion festival
	City-led reforms
	New meanings
	Faith as intangible heritage
	The floats parade as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
	Back to tradition—and faith?
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
Chapter 8 The story beyond UNESCO: Local Buddhist temples and the heritage of survival in regional Japan
	Introduction: the story
	Heritage and the economy of local Buddhist temples
	A proud peacock and amateur tree surgeons
	Amida beyond saving
	Living yet “forgotten” local heritage
	Notes
	References
Chapter 9 Omissions, stratagems, and dissent: The Shikoku pilgrimage and the problems of applying for World Heritage status
	Introduction
	Applying for World Heritage status: origins, motivations, and ambivalence
	The 2007 application: nothing religious in this pilgrimage
	The 2016 application: in comes religion, in a “nonreligious” way
	Government support and cultural designations
	Problems, omissions, and ironies in the heritage process
	Once banned, now heritage
	Other concerns and problems
	Heritage, living religious sites, and the “unfinished” dynamic of pilgrimage sites
	Concluding comments
	Notes
	References
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