ISBN:
9781315018027
,
1315018020
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9781136550898
,
1136550895
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (184 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography
Parallel Title:
Print version Japanese rainmaking and other folk practices
DDC:
398.0952
Keywords:
Folklore Japan
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Folklore
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Folklore
;
Manners and customs
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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Folklore
;
Japan Social life and customs
;
Japan
;
Japan Social life and customs
;
Japan Social life and customs
;
Japan
;
Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to record significant local variations and to construct a general account of the history and purpose of the ceremony. Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture. The chapter order follows the year cycle, from New Year via early summer purificatory festivals and rainmaking ceremonial to the feas
Note:
Originally published: London: Allen & Unwin, 1963. - Print version record
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