Datsueba the Clothes Snatcher : : The Evolution of a Japanese Folk Deity from Hell Figure to Popular Savior / / Chihiro Saka.
"The first comprehensive study in English of the Japanese hell figure Datsueba explores her evolution since her eleventh-century emergence as a terrifying old woman who strips the clothes of the dead in the afterworld. Drawing widely on literature, art, and worship practices, the author reveals...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library ; 71 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library ;
71. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Notes: | The first full-length study in English to explore Datsueba, the old woman of hell, and her transformation from terrifying ogre to beneficent guardian over a millennium of evolution within the Japanese religious imagination. |
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| Other title: | The Evolution of a Japanese Folk Deity from Hell Figure to Popular Savior |
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| Summary: | "The first comprehensive study in English of the Japanese hell figure Datsueba explores her evolution since her eleventh-century emergence as a terrifying old woman who strips the clothes of the dead in the afterworld. Drawing widely on literature, art, and worship practices, the author reveals how the creative utilization of Datsueba's key attributes-including a marker of borders, a keeper of cloth, and an elderly woman-transformed her into a guardian of the human journey through life and death and shaped a figure that is diverse and multifaceted, yet also strikingly recognizable across the centuries"-- |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004517677 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Chihiro Saka. |