The Kunisaki Chronicle
1,300 years of Kunisaki, drawn from the sources
Just touring the historic sites would be a shame.
An ordinary sightseeing guide isn’t enough.
Japan’s history is more than Kyoto, samurai, and shogun.
Kunisaki, the land of the Buddhas.
Beyond its stone Buddhas and ancient temples,
you begin to see the lives and history of ordinary people.
Contents
- 1. A Peninsula Shaped by Volcanoes
- 2. The Sea That Connected Worlds
- 3. Building a Nation Without Breaking Its Regions
- 4. When the Countryside Grew Stronger
- 5. Not All Buddhism Looked the Same
- 6. When Gods and Buddhas Chose to Work Together
- 7. Layer upon Layer
- 8. When Faith Became Everyday Life
- 9. Nothing Lasts Forever
- 10. After the Fire
- 11. Mountains of Faith, Mountains of Journey
Kunisaki: Down the Rabbit Hole
- 1. What Exactly Is Rokugo Manzan?
- 2. Ninmon Bosatsu — Who Has Been Telling His Story?
- 3. Hachiman, Before He Was a War God
- 4. Who Needed a Word for "Gods and Buddhas, Together"?
- 5. Mine-iri: A Thousand Years of Walking the Peaks
Kunisaki Stories
A cycle of short fiction set in the same places: one ordinary life per era, told from the inside. Clearly marked as fiction, with the sources laid out at the end of each piece.
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