This article interrogates how the small Japanese island of Enoshima (江の島) signifies island heritage across space and place. Applying a critical approach at the intersection of island studies and heritage studies, Enoshima is explored through the lens of observational study in connection with the three interconnected themes of environment, ritual, and creative arts, with each illuminating knowledge on the place of the island in a broader terrestrial and cultural setting. Rather than looking in detail at heritage roots, emphasis is given to interpreting key thematic routes of heritage construction. This interdisciplinary line of inquiry consolidates and extends scholarly thought within the field of island studies and pertains to island boundaries on the one hand and island signification on the other. These interconnected and overlapping areas of thought offer a way of situating Enoshima within an interpretative scholarly framework where an island and its heritage are considered within and beyond the physical and geographic borders of land and sea.
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