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The Shikoku Pilgrimage Route
(四国八十八ヵ所巡り)

 
For practical information the first place to check out is: 


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)
 
 
The best and most comprehensive site on the pilgrimage in English.
 


                                                                                                                                         David Moreton                       David Turkington             Tom Ward
  
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New English Guidebook on the pilgrimage
(Published October 2007)
(Now available on Japan Amazon: link)
 
article in Japanese (Ehime newspaper) about guidebook: book review 
 
book review in English (Outdoor Japan magazine): book review 
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Other Websites:  
Kushima Kikusuikan - most comprehensive site in Japanese:
 
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
         out of print                                         available online                hard to find                                 sold at Temple 1, Ryozenji
 
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A few short articles about parts of the pilgrimage route in Tokushima 
 
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History of Foreigners 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
 
4) Henny van der Veere        
 
5) Ian Reader
 
6) Kevin Seperic  
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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)

 
(various illustrations) 
 
 
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Materials related to other pilgrimages in Japan
 

 
 
 
 
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