[PDF.54yp] The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan

The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan

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 | #2026490 in Books |  University of Hawaii Press |  2009-07-29 |  2009-07-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.20 x6.20l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 284 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent resource written in an engaging manner|By David J Harr|I am a non-academic reader of this book. At least I am non-academic in that I am not associated with a university or other institution. However, I am doing research for a novel I am writing set in Heian Japan in the 12th century. I came across this book as I was looking into resources for trying to reconstruct|About the Author|Karen M. Gerhart is professor of Japanese art history at the University of Pittsburgh.

This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to both religious practice and ritual objects used in funerals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it seeks to provide a new understanding of the relationship between the two. Karen Gerhart looks at how these special objects and rituals functioned by analyzing case studies culled from written records, dia...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan   |  Karen Margaret Gerhart. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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