SHINTOISM - KAMO NO MABUCHI.

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Norito-ko ("Commentary on Ritual Prayers"). First edition. This is the first academic commentary on ritual prayers, norito, the primary method by which Shinto theology was recorded and transmitted. Kamo no Mabuchi's analysis was a pioneering work of textual criticism in Japan and laid the foundation for many later theories.Kamo no Mabuchi (1697-1769) was a scholar and poet active in the 18th century. Along with Motoori Norinaga, Hirata Atsutane, and Kada no Azumamaro, he is known as one of the four great founders of kokugaku ("national studies"), having written many commentaries on famous works such as the Manyoshu and the Genji monogatari.Norito-ko is his analysis of the ritual prayer section of the Engi-shiki (c.927), one of the oldest books of laws and customs in Japan. Engi-shiki was split into 50 volumes with the first 10 focusing on religion, regulating ceremonies, confirming officially recognized shrines and gods, and recording norito. His theories became the basis for much of the later scholarship in kokugaku, although his ideas on the etymologies and origins of the prayers were criticized at the time by Norinaga.Provenance: Ohya Shobo Ltd, April 2006 - Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), the Norwegian collector of rare books and manuscripts.

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