02715oam 2200625I 450 991045369770332120200520144314.00-415-86669-31-315-01802-01-136-55089-510.4324/9781315018027 (CKB)2550000001131239(EBL)1474592(OCoLC)864414419(SSID)ssj0001161325(PQKBManifestationID)11677286(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001161325(PQKBWorkID)11127087(PQKB)11712850(MiAaPQ)EBC1474592(Au-PeEL)EBL1474592(CaPaEBR)ebr10786448(CaONFJC)MIL530948(OCoLC)958103887(EXLCZ)99255000000113123920180706d20041963 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJapanese rainmaking and other folk practices /Geoffrey BownasOxon [England] :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (179 p.)Witchcraft, folklore and mythology ;IRoutledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnographyFirst published in 1963.0-415-33069-6 1-299-99697-3 Cover ; Japanese Rainmaking ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface ; Table of Contents ; One Introduction ; Two The New Year ; Three Births, Marriages and Deaths ; Four Gion Festival ; Five Bon ; Six Rainmaking ; Seven Tenri and Yamato ; Eight Taboo ; Nine The Village YearThe ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to record significant local variations and to construct a general account of the history and purpose of the ceremony.<BR> Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture.<BR> The chapter order follows the year cycle, from New Year via early summer purificatory festivals and rainmaking ceremonial to the feasRoutledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography.FolkloreJapanJapanSocial life and customsElectronic books.Folklore179Bownas Geoffrey106473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453697703321Japanese rainmaking1899787UNINA