Ghosts And The Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends

Michiko Iwasaka · Barre Toelken

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Japanese History and Culture Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

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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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