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Ceremony and ritual in Japan : religious practices in an industrialized society / edited by Jan van Bremen and D.P. Martinez.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 041524580X
  • 9780415245807
  • 0203429540
  • 9780203429549
  • 9780415116633
  • 0415116635
  • 9786610320691
  • 6610320691
  • 1280320699
  • 9781280320699
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ceremony and ritual in Japan.DDC classification:
  • 291/.0952 20
LOC classification:
  • BL2211.R5 C47 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Wedding and funeral ritual / Robert J. Smith -- Rituality in the 'ken' game / Sepp Linhart -- Parish of a famous shrine / Sylvie Guichard-Anguis -- On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death / Halldor Stefansson -- Orchestrated reciprocity : belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual / Jane M. Bachnik -- Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies : focusing on Mount K�oya / Hirochika Nakamaki -- Japanese Shint�o parade / Arne Kalland -- Women and ritual / D.P. Martinez -- 'Sonaemono' : ritual gifts to the dieties / Jane Cobbi -- Ritual of the revolving towel / Joy Hendry -- Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind / Ian Reader.
Summary: Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons. The chapters in this collection cover topics as diverse as funerals and mourning, sweeping, women's roles in ritual, the division of ceremonial foods into bitter and sweet,
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Wedding and funeral ritual / Robert J. Smith -- Rituality in the 'ken' game / Sepp Linhart -- Parish of a famous shrine / Sylvie Guichard-Anguis -- On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death / Halldor Stefansson -- Orchestrated reciprocity : belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual / Jane M. Bachnik -- Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies : focusing on Mount K�oya / Hirochika Nakamaki -- Japanese Shint�o parade / Arne Kalland -- Women and ritual / D.P. Martinez -- 'Sonaemono' : ritual gifts to the dieties / Jane Cobbi -- Ritual of the revolving towel / Joy Hendry -- Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind / Ian Reader.

Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons. The chapters in this collection cover topics as diverse as funerals and mourning, sweeping, women's roles in ritual, the division of ceremonial foods into bitter and sweet,

English.

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