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Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan

Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan

Paperback

AnthropologyDeath & DyingGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 0691019290
ISBN13: 9780691019291
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Aug 17 1992
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.04
Language: English

This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 A.D.). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts--the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and the Man'yoshu, an anthology of poetry--it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes. This volume has significantly raised the standard of scholarship on early Japanese and Man'yoshu studies.--Joseph Kitagawa So convincing is the historical and religious thought displayed here, it is impossible to imagine how anyone can ever again read these documents in the old way.--Alan L. Miller, The Journal of Religion A central resource for historians of early Japan.--David L. Barnhill, History of Religions

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