LEADER 02715oam 2200625I 450 001 9910453697703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-415-86669-3 010 $a1-315-01802-0 010 $a1-136-55089-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315018027 035 $a(CKB)2550000001131239 035 $a(EBL)1474592 035 $a(OCoLC)864414419 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001161325 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11677286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001161325 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11127087 035 $a(PQKB)11712850 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1474592 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1474592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10786448 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL530948 035 $a(OCoLC)958103887 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001131239 100 $a20180706d20041963 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapanese rainmaking $eand other folk practices /$fGeoffrey Bownas 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 225 0 $aWitchcraft, folklore and mythology ;$vI 225 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pAnthropology and ethnography 300 $aFirst published in 1963. 311 $a0-415-33069-6 311 $a1-299-99697-3 327 $aCover ; 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 Year 330 $aThe 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.
Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture.
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