| Description |
1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Of Stories and Fragments -- I. In the Shape of a Person: The Varieties of Ritual Uses of Effigy in Japan -- 2. Kadozuke: The Outsider at the Gates -- 3. A Crippled Deity, a Priest, and a Puppet: Kugutsu and Ebisukaki of the Nishinomiya Shrine -- 4. A Dead Priest, an Angry Deity, a Fisherm an, and a Puppet: The Narrative Origins of Awaji Ningyō -- 5. Puppets of the Road, Puppets of the Field: Shiki Sanbaso, Ebisu-mai, and Puppetry Festivals on Awaji -- 6. Puppets and Whirlpools: Icons, Nostalgia, Regionalism, and Identity in the Revival of Awaji Ningyō -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Puppets of Nostalgia is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the ""life, death, and rebirth"" of awaji ningyo shibai, the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes and to keep dangerous spiritual forces properly channeled and appeased. Law conducted fieldwork on Awaji, located in Japan's Inland Sea, over |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Puppet theater -- Japan -- Awaji Island
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Performing arts -- Religious aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Performing arts -- Religious aspects
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Puppet theater
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
Japan
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Japan -- Awaji Island
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400872954 |
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1400872952 |
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