Death and social order in Tokugawa Japan : Buddhism, anti-Christianity, and the danka system /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center :
2007.
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| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
282. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The rise of funerary Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan
- pt. 1. The origin of the danka system. Trade, anti-Christianity, and Buddhism, 1600-1632
- From suppression to Buddhist inspection, 1633-1651
- Population surveillance and temple certification, 1651-1709
- pt. 2. The danka system and funerary Buddhism. The social mode of the danka system
- Buddhist mortuary rituals
- Memorial services for the new spirit
- The annual veneration of ancestral deities
- Funerary Buddhism and Ie Society
- pt. 3. The cultural politics of the danka system. Danna patrons, Buddhist death, and funerary temples
- Danna temples, the state, and anti-Buddhist criticism
- Funeral practice, public authority, and social control
- Filial piety, feudal ethics, and wandering spirits
- pt. 4. Funerary buddhism and Shinto funerals. Shinto funeral movements in the Bakumatsu
- Shinto funerals in early Meiji Japan
- Conclusion.