Japanese Rainmaking and other Folk Practices (Hardcover, Revised edition)

The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to record significant local variations and to construct a general account of the history and purpose of the ceremony. Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture. The chapter order follows the year cycle, from New Year via early summer purificatory festivals and rainmaking ceremonial to the feast of Bon, which with New Year ceremonies divides the year. Alongside these community or public rites are described private or family rituals concerned with birth, marriage and death. The introductory chapter relates aspects of Japanese culture, myth and language to the constant features of folk practice recorded or extant in 1950s Japan. Originally published in 1963.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Geoffrey Bownas • Pauline Brown
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-33069-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-415-33069-6
Barcode:	9780415330695

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