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Author Iwasaka, Michiko, 1945-

Title Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken.

Publication Info. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1994.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 138 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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.
Note Print version record.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Folklore -- Japan.
Death -- Japan -- Folklore.
Death -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Legends -- Japan -- History and criticism.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Muerte -- Japan -- Folklore.
Muerte -- Aspectos sociales -- Japan.
Colección "Los Argüellos." Leyendas -- Japan -- Historia y crítica.
Ritos y ceremonias funebres -- Japan.
Japan -- Vida social y costumbres.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
Death -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00888680
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
Funeral rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst00936223
Legends. (OCoLC)fst00995592
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
Geesten.
Brauchtum.
Tod.
Tod <Motiv>.
Japan.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
Added Author Toelken, Barre, 1935-
Other Form: Print version: Iwasaka, Michiko, 1945- Ghosts and the Japanese. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1994 0874211794 (DLC) 94017577 (OCoLC)30518351
ISBN 9780874213799 (electronic bk.)
0874213797 (electronic bk.)
0874211794
9780874211795
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