Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends

The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs — particularly death traditions — offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.

• Author
• Michiko Iwasaka, Barre Toelken

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 162

• Publisher
• Utah State University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780874211795

• Genres
• death, japan, folklore, ghosts, anthropology

• Release date
• 1994