Narratives of sorrow and dignity : Japanese women, pregnancy loss, and modern rituals of grieving
Abortion Buddhist women Fetal propitiatory rites abortti buddhalaisuus keskenmeno naiset uskonto (uskominen)
Oxford University Press
2013
EISBN 9780199345915
PREFACE.
PART ONE: APPROACHING THE WORLDS OF MIZUKO ; 1. MIZUKO KUYO: MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CHILD LOSS IN JAPAN ; 2. ARCHITECTURAL, ICONOGRAPHIC, DOCTRINAL FEATURES OF MIZUKO KUYO ; 3. SITUATING THE RITES OF MOURNING: TWO TEMPLES AND A VARIETY OF VISITORS ; 4. THE PHENOMENA OF MIZUKO KUYO: RESPONSES TO PREGNANCY LOSS.
PART TWO: DECIPHERING THE WORLDS OF PREGNANCY LOSS: WOMEN, MEN, AND THE UNBORN ; 5. JAPANESE WOMAN AS HOUSEWIFE, MOTHER, AND WORKER: PATTERNS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY (1868-2010) ; 6. ANCESTORS, ANGRY SPIRITS, AND THE UNBORN: CARING FOR THE DEAD ON THE PATH TO ANCESTORHOOD ; 7. MOTHERS, SOCIETY, AND PREGNANCY LOSS: RETHINKING THE MEANING OF NURTURE.
PART THREE: RELATING MIZUKO REI TO THE LARGER WORLDS OF PROFOUND LOSS ; 8. THE REVIVAL OF DEATH, THE REBIRTH OF GRIEVING, AND WAYS OF MOURNING ; 9. RITUALS OF AFFLICTION; AN INVITATION TO SOBRIETY.
APPENDICES: ; 1. ADASHINO NENBUTSUJI, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXT OF MIZUKO KUYO SERVICE ; 2. YVONNE RAND, JIZO: PROTECTOR OF TRAVELERS INTO AND OUT OF LIFE ; 3. SAI-NO-KAWARA TEXT, TR. OF MANABE KOSAI. JIZO-BOSATSU NO KENKYU [RESEARCH ON JIZO BODHISATTVA]. KYOTO: SANMITSUDO SHOTEN, 1960. ; 4. YASUO SAKAKIBARA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TEMPLE ECONOMICS IN JAPAN.
NOTES.
GLOSSARY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
INDEX
Here, Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuyo, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.
PART ONE: APPROACHING THE WORLDS OF MIZUKO ; 1. MIZUKO KUYO: MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CHILD LOSS IN JAPAN ; 2. ARCHITECTURAL, ICONOGRAPHIC, DOCTRINAL FEATURES OF MIZUKO KUYO ; 3. SITUATING THE RITES OF MOURNING: TWO TEMPLES AND A VARIETY OF VISITORS ; 4. THE PHENOMENA OF MIZUKO KUYO: RESPONSES TO PREGNANCY LOSS.
PART TWO: DECIPHERING THE WORLDS OF PREGNANCY LOSS: WOMEN, MEN, AND THE UNBORN ; 5. JAPANESE WOMAN AS HOUSEWIFE, MOTHER, AND WORKER: PATTERNS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY (1868-2010) ; 6. ANCESTORS, ANGRY SPIRITS, AND THE UNBORN: CARING FOR THE DEAD ON THE PATH TO ANCESTORHOOD ; 7. MOTHERS, SOCIETY, AND PREGNANCY LOSS: RETHINKING THE MEANING OF NURTURE.
PART THREE: RELATING MIZUKO REI TO THE LARGER WORLDS OF PROFOUND LOSS ; 8. THE REVIVAL OF DEATH, THE REBIRTH OF GRIEVING, AND WAYS OF MOURNING ; 9. RITUALS OF AFFLICTION; AN INVITATION TO SOBRIETY.
APPENDICES: ; 1. ADASHINO NENBUTSUJI, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXT OF MIZUKO KUYO SERVICE ; 2. YVONNE RAND, JIZO: PROTECTOR OF TRAVELERS INTO AND OUT OF LIFE ; 3. SAI-NO-KAWARA TEXT, TR. OF MANABE KOSAI. JIZO-BOSATSU NO KENKYU [RESEARCH ON JIZO BODHISATTVA]. KYOTO: SANMITSUDO SHOTEN, 1960. ; 4. YASUO SAKAKIBARA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TEMPLE ECONOMICS IN JAPAN.
NOTES.
GLOSSARY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
INDEX
Here, Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuyo, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.
