Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices

by Geoffrey Bownas

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415866693
• ISBN13: 9780415866699
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"