The essence of Shinto : Japan's spiritual heart /
Motohisa Yamakage ; translators, Mineko S. Gillespie, Gerald L. Gillespie, Yoshitsugu Komuro ; editors, Paul de Leeuw, Aidan Rankin.
- 1st ed.
- Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, c2006.
- 229 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Translated from the Japanese.
Includes bibliographical references.
Shinto for the new millennium -- What is Shinto? -- What is jinja? -- The idea of misogi (purification) -- The idea of harai -- Koshinto : theory of one spirit, four souls -- Koshinto : view of the "other world" -- The systematic training method of chinkon.