Ghosts And The Japanese
162 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Paperback
Release Date:01 Dec 1994
ISBN:9780874211795
Ghosts And The Japanese
Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends
By Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken
Utah State University Press
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.
