Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan
Seiten
1992
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01929-1 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01929-1 (ISBN)
An examination of death rituals in early Japan that finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 AD). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts, it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes.
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
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
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.1992 |
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Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 510 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-01929-0 / 0691019290 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-01929-1 / 9780691019291 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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