RT Article
T1 Shikoku's Local Authorities and Henro during the Golden Age of the Pilgrimage
JF Japanese journal of religious studies
VO 24
IS 3/4
SP 413
OP 425
A1 Kouamé, Nathalie
LA English
PB Nanzan Institute
YR 1997
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1725323559
AB This article uses primary historical materials to focus on a topic largely ignored in previous studies of pilgrimage: the relationships between pilgrims and local populations, particularly local officials and authorities. The materials studied here deal with the Shikoku pilgrimage in the latter part of the the Tokugawa Period, and indicate how local officials tried to control the increasing number of pilgrims through the imposition of various regulations on their travel. On the other hand, however, these same officials undetook certain obligations towards the pilgrims, especially in case of sickness or death. Such institutionalized support may have been equally as important as the spontaneous almsgiving of the local population to pilgrims.
K1 Bureaucracy
K1 Patient Care
K1 Pilgrimages
K1 Prefectures
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Repatriation
K1 Social Order
K1 Temples
K1 Travelers
K1 Weather