TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bremen,Jan van
AU  - Martinez,D.P.
TI  - Ceremony and ritual in Japan: religious practices in an industrialized society 
T2  - The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
SN  - 041524580X
AV  - BL2211.R5 C47 1995eb
U1  - 291/.0952 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Japan
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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