Nature's embrace
Subtitle: Japan's aging urbanites and new death rites
By: Satsuki Kawano.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824833725; 9780824834135
Subjects: Cremation -- Japan; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan; Death -- Social aspects -- Japan; Urban elderly -- Japan -- Attitudes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The actors; title: Historical perspectives; title: The Grave-Free Promotion Society; title: Scattering ceremonies; title: The scattering of ashes and family relations.