Family Resemblances: Memorial Images and the Face of Kinship
In some northern Tohoku institutions, a dedicated hanayomeningyō (bride doll), infused with the spirit of the bodhisattva Jizō, functions as a spirit spouse for the unquiet soul of a child or youth who died before marriage. Although the figurine used is the opposite sex of the deceased, the doll...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2004]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-162 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Religious Studies B Sons B Religious rituals B Kinship B Dolls B Photographs B Children B Bodhisattva |
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