Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity

John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies (Emeritus), Carleton College

PREFACE ; PART ONE: Approaching the Worlds of Mizuko ; 1. Mizuko Kuyo: Memorial Services for Child Loss in Japan ; 2. Architectural, Iconographic, Doctrinal Features of Mizuko Kuyo ; 3. Situating the Rites of Mourning: Two Temples and a Variety of Visitors ; 4. The Phenomena of Mizuko Kuyo: Responses to Pregnancy Loss ; PART TWO: Deciphering the Worlds of Pregnancy Loss: Women, Men, and the Unborn ; 5. Japanese Woman as Housewife, Mother, and Worker: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1868-2010) ; 6. Ancestors, Angry Spirits, and the Unborn: Caring for the Dead on the Path to Ancestorhood ; 7. Mothers, Society, and Pregnancy Loss: Rethinking the Meaning of Nurture ; PART THREE: Relating Mizuko Rei to the Larger Worlds of Profound Loss ; 8. The Revival of Death, the Rebirth of Grieving, and Ways of Mourning ; 9. Rituals of Affliction; An Invitation to Sobriety ; APPENDICES: ; 1. Adashino Nenbutsuji, English language text of Mizuko kuyo service ; 2. Yvonne Rand, Jizo: Protector of Travelers into and out of Life ; 3. Sai-no-kawara text, tr. of Manabe Kosai. Jizo-bosatsu no kenkyu [Research on Jizo Bodhisattva]. Kyoto: Sanmitsudo shoten, 1960. ; 4. Yasuo Sakakibara, Economic Development and Temple Economics in Japan ; NOTES ; GLOSSARY ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INDEX