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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 162
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780874211795
  • Genres
  • death, japan, folklore, ghosts, anthropology
  • Release date
  • 1994