Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780367809126
,
0367809125
,
1000221091
,
9781000221114
,
1000221113
,
9781000221138
,
100022113X
,
9781000221091
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the early history of Asia
Content:
Introduction -- Japanese people and stars : cultural astronomy and star lore of the Japanese -- Stars in mythology and classical literature -- Star lore of the Hokkaido Ainu -- Ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands -- Archaeoastronomy of prehistoric Japan : a historical survey -- Fallen star legends in Japanese folk beliefs -- Cosmology seen in house and burial orientation of the Hokkaido Ainu, Northern Japan -- The sun and the Kingdom of Ryukyu : an ethnohistorical approach to state formation -- Epilogue.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367407988
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367407988
Language:
English
