The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan /

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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Gerhart, Karen Margaret,
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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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • illustrations
  • acknowledgments
  • note to the reader
  • introduction
  • The Rituals of Death
  • 1. Death in the Fourteenth Century
  • 2. Funerals in the Fifteenth Century
  • The Material Culture of Death
  • 3. Objects of Separation and Containment
  • 4. Ritual Implements for Funerals and Memorials
  • 5. Portraits of the Deceased
  • Notes
  • list of japanese words
  • index

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