The material culture of death in medieval Japan [electronic resource] / Karen M. Gerhart.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009.Description: xii, 259 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 294.3/4388095209024 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ5020 .G47 2009eb
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index.

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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