| Description |
1 electronic resource (xx, 138 pages) |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-131) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / David Hufford -- Part I: An introduction to the left stairway -- Part II: Death customs in contemporary Japan -- Suggested reading and related resources -- Part III: Japanese death legends and vernacular culture -- Mothers and children -- Revenge and anger -- Omens -- Ghosts at sea -- Passions -- Epilogue -- Sources and notes -- Suggested reading. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Language |
English. |
| Terms Of Use |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- Japan.
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Death -- Social aspects. |
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Japan. |
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Death -- Japan -- Folklore.
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Death. |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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| Subject |
Folklore -- Japan.
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Folklore. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Legends -- Japan -- History and criticism.
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Legends. |
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Japan -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Toelken, Barre, 1935-2018.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ghosts and the Japanese Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1994. 0874211794 (DLC) 94017577 |
| ISBN |
0874211794 |
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9780874213799 (electronic book) |
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0874213797 (electronic book) |
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9780874211795 |
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