The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan / / Karen Margaret Gerhart.
This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to both religious practice and ritual objects used in funerals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it seeks to provide a new understan...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 45 illus., 11 in color |
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