Death and funeral practices in Japan

• Main Authors: Gould, Hannah (Anthropologist) (Author), Miyazawa, Aki (Author), Yamada, Shin'ya, 1968- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2025.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Routledge international focus on death and funeral practices
• Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies > Japan > History.; Death care industry > Japan.; Death > Japan > Religious aspects.; Japan > History.; Japan > Religious life and customs.; Japan > Social life and customs.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003451914; 1003451918; 9781040119228; 1040119220; 9781040119273; 1040119271; 9781032588742; 9781032588759
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the past, present, and future direction of death rituals and deathcare systems within Japan. As Japan heads toward a precarious future shaped by its super-aging society, secularisation, and economic stagnation, the socioreligious str...