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The Way of the 88 Temples: Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
Robert C. Sibley
The Way of the 88 Temples: Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
Robert C. Sibley
The Henro Michi is one of the oldest and most famous pilgrimage routes in Japan. It consists of a circuit of eighty-eight temples around the perimeter of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands. Over the course of two months, the author walked this 1,400-kilometre route, visiting the sacred sites and performing their prescribed rituals.
208 pages, maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 24, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780813934723 |
Publishers | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 208 |
Dimensions | 151 × 235 × 18 mm · 426 g |
Language | English |
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