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Fire and Earth: The Forging of Modern Cremation in Meiji Japan |
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Bernstein, Andrew
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.27 n.3-4 |
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| Date | 2000 |
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| Pages | 298 - 334 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | cremation; ancestor worship; public health; onbo; graves; Meirokusha; Oucm Seiran; Shimaji Mokurai |
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| Abstract | In the summer of 1873，the Meiji government’s Council of State declared a nationwide ban on cremation, a Buddhist practice that had long been considered barbaric and grossly unfilial by Confucian and nativist scholars. In response to the prohibition, an alliance of Buddhist priests, educated citizens, and even government officials proceeded to argue that, far from being an “evil custom ” of the past, cremation was a “civilized ” practice suited to the future. Insisting that cremation was sanitary and that it also saved grave space while facilitating- ancestor worship, cremation suMorters appropriated state-sanctioned values and aims to win repeal of the ban only two years after it went into effect. Ironically, the end result of the ban was a widely accepted rationale for cremation, which was transformed from a minority practice into a majority one. By the end of the twentieth century, cremation had become the fate of nearly every Japanese. |
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| Table of contents | Becoming a Buddha 300
Extinguishing the Most Unfilial of Acts 304
Out of the Ashes 309
The Family That Graves Together Stays Together 312
Foul Smoke and Rotting Corpses 318
Cremation Reignited 323
Reference 331 |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 226 |
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| Created date | 2019.10.01 |
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