ISBN:
9789004514416
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 265 Seiten
,
Illustrationen (überwiegend farbig)
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Brill's Japanese studies library Volume 71
Series Statement:
Brill's Japanese studies library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Saka, Chihiro Datsueba the clothes snatcher
DDC:
398.20952
Keywords:
Datsueba
;
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
;
Folklore
;
Japan
;
Volksreligion
;
Folklorismus
;
yōkai
;
Datsueba Fiktive Gestalt
;
Hölle
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"The first comprehensive study in English of the Japanese hell figure Datsueba explores her evolution since her eleventh-century emergence as a terrifying old woman who strips the clothes of the dead in the afterworld. Drawing widely on literature, art, and worship practices, the author reveals how the creative utilization of Datsueba's key attributes-including a marker of borders, a keeper of cloth, and an elderly woman-transformed her into a guardian of the human journey through life and death and shaped a figure that is diverse and multifaceted, yet also strikingly recognizable across the centuries"--
Note:
Enthält bibliographische Angaben und Index
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