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The 88-temple Shikoku pilgrimage 
(四国八十八ヵ所巡り)

    

 
Pilgrims from 1909

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For practical information, check out: 


David Turkington`s Pilgrimage on Shikoku Island website
(アメリカのディビット・タキントンの四国遍路についてのホームページ)
 
 
 
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Books and other materials in English:
(英語で書いてある四国遍路の文献)
 

                         

                 1993                                            1993                                               1973                                              lastest ed: 2006                              1997                                           1995
             out of print                          available online                                hard to find                                 sold at Temple 1, Ryozenji         Yohan Publications        Out of print, hard to find
 

 
                              2010 
                        Available on Amazon  
 
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                                                                                                                              Videos about the Shikoku Pilgrimage 
 
Made by NHK Japan-  "Journeys in Japan" program - 4-part series (2012)

 
Tokushima edition 3 X 10min parts (On You Tube)
 

Kochi edition 3 X 10min parts

 
 
"Begin Japanology" program on the Shikoku Pilgrimage (May 3, 2012) 
 
(to be reinstalled in the near future)
 
 
 

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Elevation Maps




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A few short articles about parts of the pilgrimage route in Tokushima 
 
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The history of non-Japanese and the Shikoku Pilgrimage:
(外国人と四国遍路の歴史) 
   
                                                          Description of the pilgrimage by                  photo from 『四国遍路の旅』 (Shikoku Henro no Tabi) (1962)
                                                         Basil Hall Chamberlain ( 1913)                                                             of foreign henro
                                             in "A Handbook for Travellers in Japan" *  
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1) Frederick Starr       University of Chicago Anthropology Professor. Pilgrimage in 1917 and 1921
   (フレデリック・スタール)   (シカゴ大学の人類学者。四国遍路 大正6年と10年)
 
2) Alfred Bohner        German Teacher at Matsuyama High School. Pilgrimage in 1927     
 (アルフレッド・ボーナー)   (旧松山高等学校でドイツ語の先生。四国遍路 昭和2年)
 
3) Oliver Statler         University of Hawaii Professor. Pilgrimage in 1968 and 1971 
 (オリバー・スタットラー)   (ハワイ大学の教授。四国遍路 昭和43年と46年
 
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Maps and other documents on the Shikoku Pilgrimage:
(四国遍路についての地図や文献)
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
5) Heisei period (1989 - )
 
  
 
 
                                                      (These books contain facts about the founding of each temple and their development as well as numerous tales of miracles)
 ** Look above for articles **
 
(various illustrations) 
 
 
(90-100年前の霊場絵葉書)
 
 
 
 
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Materials related to other pilgrimages in Japan
 

 
 

 
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June 8, 1971 - Chicago Times

Old and New in Pilgrim's Fashions
 
"Shorts and "maxis" are amply represented on the steps leading to Yakuoji Buddhist temple on Shikoku Island, Japan. 
The scantily clad girls and the fully draped elderly women have two things in common. 
Both groups are on a pilgrimage to the southern Japanese island and both groups wear 
traditional Oriental pilgrims' sedge hats"


 
 
Caption:  "Shikoku Henro" - Postcard
Dated February 18, 1938 
Sent from Japan to the USA 
"You see two Japanese girls in this picture. They are pilgrims and visit every sacred places of Japan." 
 
 
 
Postcard (date unknown) 
It is not clear what pilgrimage route they are on.