Original version
Japanese journal of religious studies. 2017, 44 (2), 325-332, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18874/jjrs.44.2.2017.325-332
Abstract
The field of Shinto studies is coming of age. The new Shinto series of Bloomsbury Academic, edited by Fabio Rambelli, already has four volumes at the time of writing, with more in the pipeline. The book under review here, which appeared as the second volume of this series, fills a prominent hole in the existing literature by addressing the early modern and modern history of Izumo Shrine and its deity.