About Our Ancestors: The Japanese Family System by Fanny H. Mayer, Kunio Yanagita, Ishiwara Yasuyo
About Our Ancestors: The Japanese Family System

Fanny H. Mayer, Kunio Yanagita, Ishiwara Yasuyo

About Our Ancestors: The Japanese Family System

Fanny H. Mayer, Kunio Yanagita, Ishiwara Yasuyo

193 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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A fascinating study of the rituals and beliefs surrounding ancestor worship and the development of linked households called dozoku in Japan, this volume is informed by Yanagita Kunio\'s controversial theory that the core of Japanese religious expe...

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