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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