Kokan Sasaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 4350281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kokan Sasaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kokan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sasaki |
| SIGNATURE | SASAKI K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shamanism
Priest, shaman, king
This article examines the roles of priest, shaman, and king in Japanese religious history, arguing that these figures represent distinct yet interconnected modalities of religious authority. Sasaki explores how these roles have been conceptualized and embodied across different periods and contexts, drawing on a range of historical and textual sources. The article analyzes the ritual functions, social status, and symbolic significance associated w…
A Celebration of Demons. Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka
The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general
A Celebration of Demons. Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka
The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general
Priest, shaman, king
This article examines the roles of priest, shaman, and king in Japanese religious history, arguing that these figures represent distinct yet interconnected modalities of religious authority. Sasaki explores how these roles have been conceptualized and embodied across different periods and contexts, drawing on a range of historical and textual sources. The article analyzes the ritual functions, social status, and symbolic significance associated w…
Shamanism
History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 works) · Shamanism (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Ancient Near East History (1 work)