Bibliograph

Ghosts and the Japanese, cultural experience in Japanese death legends, by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken

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Ghosts and the Japanese, cultural experience in Japanese death legends, by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-131) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ghosts and the Japanese

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

706077300

Responsibility statement

by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken

Sub title

cultural experience in Japanese death legends

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

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