Ceremony and ritual in Japan :  religious practices in an industrialized society / 
edited by Jan van Bremen and D.P. Martinez. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  1995. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) :  illustrations 
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 - The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series .
 - Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Wedding and funeral ritual /  Rituality in the 'ken' game /  Parish of a famous shrine /  On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death /  Orchestrated reciprocity : belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual /  Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies : focusing on Mount K�oya /  Japanese Shint�o parade /  Women and ritual /  'Sonaemono' : ritual gifts to the dieties /  Ritual of the revolving towel /  Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind /  Robert J. Smith --  Sepp Linhart --  Sylvie Guichard-Anguis --  Halldor Stefansson --  Jane M. Bachnik --  Hirochika Nakamaki --  Arne Kalland --  D.P. Martinez --  Jane Cobbi --  Joy Hendry --  Ian Reader. 
<br/><br/> 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, 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>041524580X 9780415245807 0203429540 9780203429549 9780415116633 0415116635 9786610320691 6610320691 1280320699 9781280320699 
<br/><br/><label>Standard Tech. Report. No.: </label>MYILIB_CUp 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94026158  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rites and ceremonies--Japan.<br/>RELIGION--Comparative Religion.<br/>Rites and ceremonies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Religious life and customs.<br/>Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2211.R5  / C47 1995eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>291/.0952