The material culture of death in medieval Japan
By: Karen M. Gerhart.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824832612
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist -- Japan -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The rituals of death; title: Death in the fourteenth century; title: Funerals in the fifteenth century; title: The material culture of death; title: Objects of separation and containment; title: Ritual implements for funerals and memorials; title: Portraits of the deceased.