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Nom canonique: Statler, Oliver
Date de naissance: 1915-05-21
Date de décès: 2002-02-14
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu du décès: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Lieux de résidence: Huntley, Illinois, USA
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Études: University of Chicago
Professions: bureaucrat
professor
author
Organisations: United States Army
University of Hawaii

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Japanese Pilgrimage (Picador Books) par Oliver Statler

熊野古道
I'm soon to go on a Japanese Pilgrimage, so this book looked interesting. Indeed, I found it fascinating, although rather more about the way stories accrete over time and less about an actual pilgrimage. Here, there are layers of cautionary tales as a cast of characters plod over mountains and through valleys in a large circle, where it is hard to distinguish who is from deep history and who is more recent. The book was published in 1984 and it will be interesting to see how dated it is.

Legends have a way of procreating, but I cannot help but feeling that here at Saba Daishi is a modern and self-conscious case of borrowing. p.166

. For a Picador, I was surprised to encounter so many typos

e.g. It did not use to be easy. p.226

In 1918, Takamure Itsue set out on pilgrimage at 24, looking for a way to live. She made the following resolutions (p.273-74):

*to accept whatever happened, however unexpected, without anxiety
*to ask for my needs in a straightforward manner
*if my request for lodging or for food was refused, to leave immediately
*not to cling to life tenaciously

All seem like worthwhile resolutions to me.

The pilgrimage is ascetic exercise for the layman. Its essence lies in the physical, mental, and spiritual demands made by the henro, and the physical, mental, and spiritual rewards that accrue. p.298.

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simonpockley | Feb 25, 2024 |

Japanese Inn par Oliver Statler

One of the best but most overlooked books I've ever read. The story of the Minaguchi-ya Inn, strategically located along the historic Tokaido Road, is skillfully woven into the history of pre-modern Japan, and each successive generation of innkeepers has a part to play in the battles, conspiracies, intrigue, art, politics, pilgrimages and highway robbery that unfold at its doorstep. Beautifully written, with reproductions of famous Japanese prints, this story is a walk into another world.

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LaurelMildred | 1 autre critique | Jul 11, 2009 |

Japanese Inn par Oliver Statler

This was a fascinating book on the history of Japan. It tells the history by recording the events and people that passed by an Inn on the main road between the Emperor and the Shogun. Well written and humorous, a great way to read history. It's also filled with reproductions of historic Japanese prints.

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MrsLee | 1 autre critique | Nov 13, 2006 |

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