Scattering ashes of the family dead: Memorial activity among the bereaved in contemporary Japan

Ethnology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-248

  Kawano, Satsuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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CULTURAL INFLUENCE;

EID: 8344282764     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3774064     Document Type: Article

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