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The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.

Death -- Japan -- Folklore. --- Death -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Folklore -- Japan. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan. --- Japan -- Social life and customs. --- Legends -- Japan -- History and criticism. --- Legends -- Japan. --- Folklore --- Death --- Legends --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social aspects --- History and criticism --- J4157 --- J4120 --- J1715.50 --- J1740 --- J1723.80 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture -- treatment of the dead and funerals --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phemomena --- Japan: Religion in general -- theology -- mortality, immortality, transmigration --- Japan: Religion in general -- occultism --- Japan: Religion in general -- demonology --- History and criticism. --- Japan --- Social life and customs. --- Dying --- End of life --- Folk-lore, Japanese --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Philosophy --- Folklore. --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social psychology and social-cultural phenomena