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Boyd and Nishimura, "Shinto Perspectives in Miyazaki's Anime Film 'Spirited Away,'" Journal of Religion & Film, 2004

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A peer reviewed article in the Journal of Religion & Film (University of Nebraska Omaha), volume 8, issue 3, article 4, by James W. Boyd and Tetsuya Nishimura, arguing that Spirited Away carries more Shrine Shinto and Japanese folk religious imagery than any of Hayao Miyazaki's other translated films, centered on the bathhouse as a place where kami come to be purified. Its strength is direct scholarly authorship in a peer reviewed academic journal devoted to religion and film. Its limit is that it is a single interpretive reading rather than a comprehensive account of the film, so it is cited here for its own specific argument about Shinto purification imagery rather than as the only possible reading.

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James W. Boyd and Tetsuya Nishimura's peer reviewed article in the Journal of Religion & Film, University of Nebraska Omaha, the top tier reflecting direct scholarly authorship in a peer reviewed academic journal devoted to religion and film, arguing Spirited Away carries more Shrine Shinto and Japanese folk religious imagery than any other translated Miyazaki film. It is a single interpretive reading rather than a comprehensive account of the film, cited here for its own specific argument about Shinto purification imagery rather than as the only possible reading.
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Read directly (DOI 10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.08.03.04). Cited for the film's Shinto purification imagery, the polluted river spirit scene, and the reading of the bathhouse as a folk-Shinto space for kami.
Citation
Author
James W. Boyd and Tetsuya Nishimura
Publisher
Journal of Religion & Film, University of Nebraska Omaha (volume 8, issue 3, article 4)
Publication Year
2004
URL
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol8/iss3/4/
Source Type
peer-reviewed article
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Shrine Shinto, Denominations

This source names Shrine Shinto directly: "Boyd and Tetsuya Nishimura, arguing that Spirited Away carries more Shrine Shinto and Japanese folk religious imagery than any of Hayao Miyazaki's other translated films, centered on the bathhouse..."

Source Boyd and Nishimura, "Shinto Perspectives in Miyazaki's Anime Film 'Spirited Away,'" Journal of Religion & Film, 2004James W. Boyd and Tetsuya Nishimura
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This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Articles, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Screen Works, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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