Ceremony and ritual in Japan : religious practices in an industrialised society / edited by Jan van Bremen and D.P. Martinez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bremen, Jan van, 1946-2005.

Martinez, D. P. (Dolores P.), 1957-

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--Japan.

Rites and ceremonies.

Japan--Religious life and customs.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons.The chapters in this collection cover topics as diverse as funerals and mourning, sweeping, women's roles in ritual, the division of ceremonial foods into bitter and sweet,

Contents:

""Ceremony and Ritual in Japan Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Notes on contributors""; ""Series editor's preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction The myth of the secularization of industrialized societies""; ""Part I The question of tradition""; ""1 Wedding and funeral ritual: Analysing a moving target""; ""2 Rituality in the ken game""; ""3 The parish of a famous shrine: The influence of rites and ceremonials on urban life. The sanctuary of Ebisu in Nishinomiya""; ""Part II Rituals for the dead""

""4 On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death: Collective forms of death rituals in Morimachi""""5 Orchestrated reciprocity: Belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual""; ""6 Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies: Focusing on Mount KÅ?ya""; ""Part III The tools of ceremony""; ""7 A Japanese Shinto parade: Does it 'say' anything, and if so, what?""; ""8 Women and ritual""; ""9 Sonaemono: Ritual gifts to the deities""; ""10 The ritual of the revolving towel""; ""11 Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind: Cleaning as a ritual process""; ""Conclusion The rituals of urbanity: Temporal forms and spatial forms in Japanese and French cities"" ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-81854-8

1-280-32069-9

0-203-42954-0

9780203429549

OCLC:

304139635