
Fuji
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Mount Fuji is everywhere recognized as a wonder of nature and enduring symbol of Japan. Yet behind the picture-postcard image is a history filled with conflict and upheaval. Violent eruptions across the centuries wrought havoc and instilled fear. Long an object of worship, Fuji has been inhabited by deities that changed radically over time. It has been both a totem of national unity and a flashpoint for economic and political disputes. And while its soaring majesty has inspired countless works of literature and art, the foot of the mountain is home to military training grounds and polluting industries. Tracing the history of Fuji from its geological origins in the remote past to its recent inscription as a World Heritage Site, Andrew Bernstein explores these and other contradictions in the story of the mountain, inviting us to reflect on the relationships we share with the nonhuman world and one another.
Beautifully illustrated, Fuji presents a rich portrait of one of the world's most celebrated sites, revealing a mountain forever in the making and offering a meditation on the ability of landscape both to challenge and inspire.
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- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Illustration Credits
- Names, Dates, and Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Active Volcano, Lofty Mountain
- 2. From Angry God to Parent of the World
- 3. Fallout of the Hoei Eruption
- 4. Holy Fuji
- 5. From Pride of Edo to Symbol of Japan
- 6. Native Mountain, Foreign Threat
- 7. A Nation and Mountain in Flux
- 8. A Global Mountain on a Human Planet
- 9. World Heritage Fuji
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Color plates
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