Title Ritual practice in modern Japan : ordering place, people, and action / Satsuki Kawano

Published Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 152 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Kami, Buddhas, and ancestors -- Embodying moral order : acting bodies and the power of ritual -- Emplacing moral order : ritual and everyday environments -- Constructing Kamakura in everyday life and city festivals -- The Sakae festival -- Reconsidering ritual Summary National surveys indicate that most Japanese, while professing no religious commitment, frequently perform rituals. Based on 14 months of fieldwork in Kamakura city near Tokyo, Satsuki Kawano examines the power of ritual and its relevance for modern urbanites Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-145) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Rites and ceremonies -- Japan -- Kamakura-shi Festivals -- Japan -- Kamakura-shi Fasts and feasts -- Japan -- Kamakura-shi SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Fasts and feasts Festivals Manners and customs Rites and ceremonies Ritual SUBJECT Kamakura-shi (Japan) -- Religious life and customs Kamakura-shi (Japan) -- Social life and customs Subject Japan -- Kamakura-shi Kamakura Form Electronic book LC no. 2004026559 ISBN 082487451X 9780824874513

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