Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Virtual Book Launch – Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan

Organized by the Centre for Japanese Research at the University of British Columbia
cjr.iar.ubc.ca

Originally presented on November 20, 2020

Book Author: Takashi Miura (University of Arizona)
Interlocutors: Gideon Fujiwara (University of Lethbridge)
Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University)
Host: Christina Laffin (UBC)
Coordinator & Video Editor: Bianca Chui
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The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our November event, author Takashi Miura will be discussing Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan in conversation with Gideon Fujiwara and Gennifer Weisenfeld.

cjr.iar.ubc.ca/agents-of-world-renewal
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About the Book

Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan
Takashi Miura
Published by University of Hawai’i Press

Available for Purchase: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/agents-of-world-renewal-the-rise-of-yonaoshi-gods-in-japan/ (United States)
ubcpress.ca/agents-of-world-renewal (Canada)
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