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Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends

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

Print Book, English, 1994
Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, 1994