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Death and social order in Tokugawa Japan : Buddhism, anti-Christianity, and the danka system

Title
Death and social order in Tokugawa Japan : Buddhism, anti-Christianity, and the danka system / [Nam-lin Hur].
Author
Hur, Nam-lin.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.

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xii, 550 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 282
Subject
  • Buddhist temples > Japan > Membership > History
  • Buddhism > Japan > History > 1600-1868
  • Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies > Social aspects > Japan
  • Religion and state > Japan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-509) and index.
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.
Call Number
*OSO 07-4473
ISBN
  • 9780674025035 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0674025032 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006025369
OCLC
70866941
Author
Hur, Nam-lin.
Title
Death and social order in Tokugawa Japan : Buddhism, anti-Christianity, and the danka system / [Nam-lin Hur].
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 282
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-509) and index.
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