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Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan

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 | #2820374 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  1992-07-28 |  1992-08-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.89 x6.00l,1.28 | File type: PDF | 350 pages

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||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Very high quality scholarship, yet accesible|By Stephanie Corwin|I was very impressed by this work. Very thorough scholarship and incredibly deep analysis yet accessible even to non-specialists.| |"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."--The Journal of Religion|From the Back Cover|

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 scholarshi...

You easily download any file type for your device.Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan   |  Gary L. Ebersole. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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