Title: Bonds of the dead : temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism /
Authors: Rowe, Mark
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies Japan.; Buddhism Japan
Abstract: The central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This book shows how mortuary services came to form the social and economic base of Buddhist institutions and considers how this base has recently been eroded by changing public perceptions of the status, treatment and location of the dead.
Contents: The "death" of Japanese Buddhism -- Avoiding abandonment -- Challenging the status quo - myōkōji -- Limitless connections - tōchōji -- Scattering ashes -- Sectarian researchers and the funeral problem -- Appendix: Jōdo sect survey of funerary Buddhism.