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Like many other peoples, the Japanese believe that heaven was once very near the earth, but they have no account of how it became sepa rated from and raised above the world. Formerly it was connected with the earth by means of a floating bridge or a rock boat, or a pillar of earth, whereby the. Kami could pass from one place to the other at will. The nature of this connection is very vaguely expressed in the records. Satow conceives that the floating bridge of heaven was the wind.
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Like many other peoples, the Japanese believe that heaven was once very near the earth, but they have no account of how it became sepa rated from and raised above the world. Formerly it was connected with the earth by means of a floating bridge or a rock boat, or a pillar of earth, whereby the. Kami could pass from one place to the other at will. The nature of this connection is very vaguely expressed in the records. Satow conceives that the floating bridge of heaven was the wind.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0282387927
- ISBN 13 9780282387921
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages28
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