Grave Changes: Scattering Ashes in Contemporary Japan

This article examines the formation and growth of the Grave-Free Promotion Society (GFPS), a civic group formed in 1990o to promote the scattering of human ashes in Japan. Changing family structures and a critical lack of sufficient burial space have led to a "grave revolution" since the e...

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Main Author: Rowe, Mark Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2003]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 85-118
Further subjects:B Graves
B Buddhism
B Memorials
B Oceans
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Funerals
B Temples
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