Screen LibraryThe Japanese culture of mourning whales : whale graves and memorial monuments in Japan /
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| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789811066702 9811066701 |
| Index Number: | SH383 |
| CLC: | S978-131.3 |
| Call Number: | S978-131.3/I896 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background -- 3. Whaling culture and whale graves in the Hokkaido and Tōhoku regions -- 4. Whale shrines and temples in the Kantō region -- 5. Whale graves and monuments in the Chūbu and Hokuriku regions -- 6. Sacred mountains of Buddhism and Shintoism and whaling culture in the Kansai-Kinki regions -- 7. Pure Land Buddhism and whaling culture in the Chūgoku region -- 8. Pilgrimage of eighty-eight temples and whale graves in the Shikoku region -- 9. Buddhism, Catholicism, Shintoism, and whaling culture in the Kyūshū region -- 10. Conclusion. |