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An examination of death rituals in early Japan that finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 AD). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts, it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes.

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Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/08/1992
      ISBN13: 9780691019291, 978-0691019291
      ISBN10: 0691019290

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An examination of death rituals in early Japan that finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 AD). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts, it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes.

      Trade Review
      "So convincing is the historical and religious thought displayed here, it is impossible to imagine how anyone can ever again read these documents in the old way."--The Journal of Religion

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