Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan:

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 do...

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Beteilige Person: Ebersole, Gary L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218298
Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Feb 2021)
Umfang:1 online resource (350 pages)
ISBN:9780691218298
DOI:10.1515/9780691218298