Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. The Beginnings of Deathbed Practice in Japan -- 2. A Realm Apart -- 3. Exemplary Death -- 4. Interpreting the Signs -- 5. Anxieties -- 6. Deathbed Attendants -- 7. The Longue Durée of...

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Main Author: Stone, Jacqueline I. (Author)
Contributors: Buswell, Robert E. (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism Ser v.26
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Stone, Jacqueline I: Right Thoughts at the Last Moment : Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan. - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press,c2016. - 9780824856434
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Summary:Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. The Beginnings of Deathbed Practice in Japan -- 2. A Realm Apart -- 3. Exemplary Death -- 4. Interpreting the Signs -- 5. Anxieties -- 6. Deathbed Attendants -- 7. The Longue Durée of Deathbed Rites -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Deathbed Manuals -- Notes -- Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Color Plates
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ISBN:0824867858