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The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan by Karen M. Gerhart [Repost]
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The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan by Karen M. Gerhart
English | Aug 18, 2009 | ISBN: 0824832612 | 286 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | Aug 18, 2009 | ISBN: 0824832612 | 286 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to both religious practice and ritual objects used in funerals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it seeks to provide a new understanding of the relationship between the two.