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• Nominated for John Whitney Hall Book Prize 2017

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Heather Blair has crafted an important work of true academic rigor and clarity that has splendidly reached its goals of illuminating the real and imagined histories of Kinpusen, and simultaneously of various facets of Heian religious and political life. With Blair's novel engagements with sources and the theoretical models contributed, <i>Real and Imagined</i> will undoubtedly become a mainstay in the fields of premodern Japanese studies and religious history.--Jonathan E. Thumas Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (04/01/2015)

Specialists in pre-modern Japanese history and religious studies should find the book enlightening, but I think it would also appeal to a broader audience, including advanced undergraduates under professorial guidance. In short, the book is a major contribution to the field.--Janet R. Goodwin Journal of Religion in Japan (11/01/2005)

Heather Blair has crafted an important work of true academic rigor and clarity that has splendidly reached its goals of illuminating the real and imagined histories of Kinpusen, and simultaneously of various facets of Heian religious and political life. With Blair s novel engagements with sources and the theoretical models contributed, Real and Imagined will undoubtedly become a mainstay in the fields of premodern Japanese studies and religious history.--Jonathan E. Thumas Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (04/01/2015)

Heather Blair has crafted an important work of true academic rigor and clarity that has splendidly reached its goals of illuminating the real and imagined histories of Kinpusen, and simultaneously of various facets of Heian religious and political life. With Blair's novel engagements with sources and the theoretical models contributed, Real and Imagined will undoubtedly become a mainstay in the fields of premodern Japanese studies and religious history.--Jonathan E. Thumas Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (04/01/2015)

Heather Blair has crafted an important work of true academic rigor and clarity that has splendidly reached its goals of illuminating the real and imagined histories of Kinpusen, and simultaneously of various facets of Heian religious and political life. With Blair s novel engagements with sources and the theoretical models contributed, <i>Real and Imagined</i> will undoubtedly become a mainstay in the fields of premodern Japanese studies and religious history.--Jonathan E. Thumas Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (04/01/2015)

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Heather Blair is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University.

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