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Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Iwasaka, Michiko, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Japan.
- Folklore.
- Death--Japan--Folklore.
- Death.
- Death--Social aspects--Japan.
- Legends--Japan--History and criticism.
- Legends.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Japan.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Japan--Social life and customs.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1994.
- Logan Utah State University Press, [2024]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.
- The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. An introduction to the left stairway
- pt. 2. Death customs in contemporary Japan
- pt. 3. Japanese death legends and vernacular culture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613077998
- 9781283077996
- 128307799X
- 9780874213799
- 0874213797
- OCLC:
- 706077300
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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