TEHRAN -- Studies by three Japanese Orientalists on the holy sites of Gilan Province have recently been published in Japan.
Naomi Shimizu, Satoko Yoshie and Kamioka Koji spent years in the northern Iranian region gathering the information for the book “Sacred Places in Gilan Province”, which is in three volumes, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Thursday.
The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies published the first volume of the book, and the second and third volumes will be come out in the near future.
The first volume contains information about the holy sites located in the towns of Astaneye Ashrafieh, Sumesara, Fuman and Shaft.
The second volume will cover sites in Lahijan, Siahkal, Langerud, Rudsar and Amlash, and the holy places in Rasht, Anzali, Rudbar, Astara, Talesh, Rezvanshahr and Masal will be discussed in the third volume.
Naomi and Koji also authored “Sacred Places in Tehran Province” and “Sacred Places in Qom Province”, which were published in 2009 and 2011. And Yoshie is the author of “Sari Dialect”, which is about a local dialect used in the northern Iranian city of Sari.
Koji also collaborated with Japanese and Iranian scholars in several books on Iran, including “Caravan Routes across the Zagros Mountains in Iran” (1988), “Periodic Markets in Gilan: A Preliminary Report” (1988) and “Comparative Basic Vocabulary of Khonji and Lari” (1986).
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