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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.Iwasaka, Michiko is the author of 'Ghosts and the Japanese Culture Experience in Japanese Death Legends', published 1994 under ISBN 9780874211795 and ISBN 0874211794.
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