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This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 A.D.). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts--the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and the Man'yoshu, an anthology of poetry--it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes. "This volume has significantly raised the standard of scholarship on early Japanese and Man'yoshu studies."--Joseph Kitagawa "So convincing is the historical and religious thought displayed here, it is impossible to imagine how anyone can ever again read these documents in the old way."--Alan L. Miller, The Journal of Religion "A central resource for historians of early Japan."--David L. Barnhill, History of Religions

Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Japanese poetry --- Mythology, Japanese. --- J4157 --- J4600.10 --- J4626 --- Japanese mythology --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Political aspects --- History and criticism. --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture -- treatment of the dead and funerals --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- earliest and premodern --- Japan: Politics and law -- state -- ceremonies and rites --- Philosophy --- Japan --- Court and courtiers. --- Politics and government --- Death customs, history --- Mythologie [Japanse ] --- Mythologie japonaise --- Mythology [Japanese ] --- Mythology, Japanese --- History and criticism --- Court and courtiers --- To 794 --- Akima Toshio. --- Alexiou, Margaret. --- Ame-no-waka-hiko. --- Bidatsu, Emperor. --- Buddhism in court. --- Ellwood, Robert. --- Geertz, Clifford. --- Hikohito, Prince. --- Ise Priestess. --- Ise Shrine. --- Izanagi-Izanami myth. --- Jinshin War. --- Jitō, Empress. --- Kawashima, Prince. --- Ninigi no mikoto. --- Okuninushi. --- Saimei, Empress. --- Soga no Emishi. --- Susano-o. --- agricultural rites and symbolism. --- authorship. --- banka. --- court rationality. --- cremation. --- divination. --- dreams. --- eulogies. --- female power. --- fire. --- historiographic project. --- katami. --- kunimi. --- liminality. --- literacy. --- miru. --- mogari no miya. --- mountains. --- niiname-sai. --- politics of death. --- praise poems. --- repression, textual. --- Ōtsu, Prince. --- Poesía japonesa --- Funerales --- Muerte --- Historia y crítica. --- Ritos y ceremonias --- Aspecto político --- Japón --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Política y gobierno --- Corte y cortesanos. --- Death - Political aspects - Japan. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies - Japan. --- Japanese poetry - To 794 - History and criticism. --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс