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A History of Timelessness: Constructing Authenticity at the Ise Shrines Volume 24
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Series: Asia Pacific Modern
General Racism & Ethnic StudiesJapanese HistoryShintoism
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ISBN13: 9780520425569
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Every twenty years for over a millennium, the Ise shrines have been rebuilt from the ground up, and hundreds of shrine treasures replaced. At Ise, the aspiration to timelessness that is the essence of all monuments has been pursued through endless repetition rather than construction in durable materials. Spanning from Ise's prehistoric beginnings to the present, A History of Timelessness explores the manifold circulation of goods this massive enterprise has engendered, as well as the political and ideological purposes the ritual rebuilding has served. In the late nineteenth century, the state took control of the shrines and recast them as an embodiment of modern imperial power. Yet, rather than resolving their status, nationalization awakened new anxieties around Ise's permanence and ephemerality and new contests over shrine buildings and materials. Through an exploration of Ise's tumultuous history, Jordan Sand rethinks the temporality of monuments and the materiality of the state.
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