Preliminary communication
Syncretic Religious Practices in Case of Yamagata, Japan (Abstract)
Iva Lakić Parać
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Indology and Far East Studies,Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
General urbanization and rapid depopulation of villages left many Japanese rural households and communities without the young generation. Changes in lifestyle are reflected in rural traditions and religious practices. This shift in practices and meanings of folk beliefs in the modern Japanese society is well evident on the example of Jizō bosatsu, buddhist deity, protector of children, pregnant women and travelers. This essay explores and identifies the concepts and practices associated with the phenomenon of Jizō worship in Japan in the past and the present, with particular emphasis on the commercialization of the phenomenon through mizuko kuyō rituals.
Keywords
Boddhisattva Jizō; japanese folk religion; mizuko kuyō cult
Hrčak ID:
112113
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Publication date:
17.12.2013.
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