Search Results - "belief"

Christianity in early modern Japan Kirishitan belief and practice / by Higashibaba, Ikuo

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Table of Contents: “…Smith -- A structural analysis of Japanese ancestral rites and beliefs / by Herman Ooms -- Optional cult group affiliation among the Puyuma and Miyako islanders ; A note on ancestor worship in "cognatic" societies / by Toichi Mabuchi -- "Family religion" in Japan : Ie and its religious faith ; Recent trends in studies of ancestor worship in Japan / by Choshu Takeda -- Ancestor worship in Japan : facts and history / by Takashi Maeda -- Ancestors and nobility in ancient Japan / by Richard J. …”
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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape / by Gotō, Akira, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Japanese people and stars : cultural astronomy and star lore of the Japanese -- Stars in mythology and classical literature -- Star lore of the Hokkaido Ainu -- Ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands -- Archaeoastronomy of prehistoric Japan : a historical survey -- Fallen star legends in Japanese folk beliefs -- Cosmology seen in house and burial orientation of the Hokkaido Ainu, Northern Japan -- The sun and the Kingdom of Ryukyu : an ethnohistorical approach to state formation -- Epilogue.…”
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