TY - BOOK ID - 148492265 TI - Government by mourning : death and political integration in Japan, 1603-1912 PY - 2014 SN - 0674066820 1684175232 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, DB - UniCat KW - Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Shinto funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Bereavement KW - Bereavement KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Japan KW - Japan KW - Politics and government KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:148492265 AB - "Hirai reveals how the decrees on mourning played an important integrative part in the Tokugawa period through not only its comprehensive implementation, especially among major political figures, but also its codification of the religious beliefs and customs that the Japanese people had cherished for innumerable generations"--Provided by publisher. ER -