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Autore: | Iwasaka Michiko <1945-> |
Titolo: | Ghosts And The Japanese : Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends / / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken |
Pubblicazione: | Utah State University, University Libraries, 1994 |
Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1994 | |
©1994 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 398.2/0952/05 |
Soggetto topico: | Funeral rites and ceremonies - Japan |
Legends - Japan - History and criticism | |
Death - Social aspects - Japan | |
Death - Japan - Folklore | |
Folklore - Japan | |
Soggetto geografico: | Japan Social life and customs |
Altri autori: | ToelkenBarre <1935-2018.> |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Ghosts And The Japanese |
ISBN: | 1-283-07799-X |
9786613077998 | |
0-87421-379-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996204080903316 |
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