Bodies of Evidence: Imperial Funeral Rites and the Meiji Restoration
Prior to the Meiji period (1868-1912) imperial funerals and memorial rites in Japan had been conducted as Buddhist ceremonies for over a millennium. It is said that the emperor Meiji's father, Kōmei, was buried according to Buddhist protocols; it was not until memorial rites in 1869 marking the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2000]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 273-296 |
| Further subjects: | B
Emperors
B Buddhism B Ceremonies B Religious Studies B Priests B Mourning rituals B Religious rituals B Funerals B Death B Shintoism |
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