Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan.

1993-01-01articleMonumenta Nipponica152 citationsclosed

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Japanese History and Culture Indian and Buddhist Studies Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

Abstract

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPt. 1Original ConceptsCh. 1Behind the Great Buddha3Ch. 2A World of Water and Words14Ch. 3Social Death, Social Birth30Ch. 4Jizo at the Crossroads44Pt. 2Historical ProcessesCh. 5Edo: An Era in View69Ch. 6Edo: Population89Ch. 7Edo: Polemics103Ch. 8Sex, War, and Peace119Pt. 3Contemporary IssuesCh. 9Apology143Ch. 10Moral Swamps160Ch. 11A Rational, National Family177Ch. 12Crossovers198Conclusion214Appendix: The Way to Memorialize One's Mizuko221Notes225Bibliography243Index253

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