{"id":31551,"date":"2025-05-22T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/?p=31551"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:24:57","slug":"%e3%80%90%e6%9c%83%e6%b4%a5%e5%85%ab%e4%b8%80%e8%a8%98%e5%bf%b5%e5%8d%9a%e7%89%a9%e9%a4%a8%e3%80%91%e5%af%8c%e5%b2%a1%e3%82%b3%e3%83%ac%e3%82%af%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%b3%e5%b1%95-%e8%bf%91-2-2-2-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/news-en\/2025\/05\/22\/31551\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Yanai Initiative\u3011Open Talk “I See Dead People: Touring Jigoku on Mt. Tateyama” (June 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open Talk: I See Dead People: Touring Jigoku<\/em> on Mt. Tateyama<\/h3>\n

For this event, Dr. Sh\u014dhei Yamayoshi will discuss Tateyama Worship, a faith tradition surrounding the divine mountains in Toyama. The Tateyama range has fascinated people with its abundant nature, beautiful landscape, and majestic peaks. In premodern Japan, however, it was a \u201csymbol of death\u201d known through the legends of Tateyama Jigoku<\/em>, the Hell high up in the mountain where the living can be reunited with the dead.<\/p>\n

In this open talk, he will examine the images of Tateyama Jigoku<\/em> depicted in various literary works while reviewing the history of Tateyama Worship.<\/p>\n