{"product_id":"ritual-poetry-and-the-politics-of-death-in-early-japan-9780691019291","title":"Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary L. Ebersole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Death \u0026amp; Dying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615085379735,"sku":"9780691019291","price":7377.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691019291.webp?v=1775097931","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ritual-poetry-and-the-politics-of-death-in-early-japan-9780691019291","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}