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BL
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965959
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b720329
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| Main Entry
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Gerhart, Karen M.,1949-
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| Title & Author
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The material culture of death in medieval Japan /\ Karen M. Gerhart.
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| Publication Statement
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Honolulu :: University of Hawai'i Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xii, 259 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color)
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082483755X
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: 0824868889
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: 144167117X
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: 9780824837556
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: 9780824868888
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: 9781441671172
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0824832612
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9780824832612
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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 understanding of the relationship between the two. Karen Gerhart looks at how these special objects and rituals functioned by analyzing case studies culled from written records, diaries, and illustrated handscrolls, and by examining surviving funerary structures and painted and sculpted images.--from publisher description.
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Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies-- Japan-- History-- To 1500.
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Bestattungsritus
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Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies.
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RELIGION-- Buddhism-- History.
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RELIGION-- Buddhism-- Rituals Practice.
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Sachkultur
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Tod
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Japan.
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3/4388095209024
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BQ5020.G47 2009eb
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