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Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations.

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
      Publication Date: 18/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780674066823, 978-0674066823
      ISBN10: 0674066820
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      Asian history Social and cultural anthropology Sociology

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      Book Synopsis
      Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations.

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