Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System

by Nam-lin Hur

Buddhism was a fact of life and death during the Tokugawa period (1600-1868): every household was expected to be affiliated with a Buddhist temple, and every citizen had to be given a Buddhist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025032
• ISBN13: 9780674025035
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"