The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan
- ISBN-10
- 0824868889
- ISBN-13
- 9780824868888
- Category
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Karen M. Gerhart
Description
Explores the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to religious practice and ritual objects used in funerals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, this book seeks to provide an understanding of the relationship between the two.
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