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The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The rituals of death
- Death in the fourteenth century
- Funerals in the fifteenth century
- The material culture of death
- Objects of separation and containment
- Ritual implements for funerals and memorials
- Portraits of the deceased.