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Record Nr.

UNISA996204080903316

Autore

Iwasaka Michiko <1945->

Titolo

Ghosts And The Japanese : Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends / / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Utah State University, University Libraries, 1994

Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1994

©1994

ISBN

1-283-07799-X

9786613077998

0-87421-379-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ToelkenBarre <1935-2018.>

Disciplina

398.2/0952/05

Soggetti

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Japan

Legends - Japan - History and criticism

Death - Social aspects - Japan

Death - Japan - Folklore

Folklore - Japan

Japan Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. An introduction to the left stairway -- pt. 2. Death customs in contemporary Japan -- pt. 3. Japanese death legends and vernacular culture.

Sommario/riassunto

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.