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a study of shamanistic practices in Japan.

by Carmen Blacker

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Description

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In the No play Aoi no Ue we are shown, limp and enigmatic in the middle of the stage, a single folded robe.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Shamanism” and “Shamans”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Shamanism”· via Open Library
    • “Shamans”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 14 editions; 1 cataloged here.

a study of shamanistic practices in Japan.

Open Library record

1989George Allen & Unwin; HarperCollins; Unwin PaperbacksEnglish
  • 9780043980064
  • 9780043980088
  • 0043980066
  • 0043980082
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2 subject headings

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  • Open Library reports 14 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL4809698W
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Representative plus work aggregates
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