
We thank in particular the two anonymous manuscript reviewers whose thoughtful suggestions have much improved the quality of this study.


These include Gail Chin, Jessey Choo, Fujii Masao, Lorraine Fuhrmann, Sinead Kehoe, Yasuko Makino, Mark Rowe, Stephen (‘‘Buzzy’’) Teiser, Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Stuart Young, Jimmy Yu, and others. We would also like to thank the many colleagues and other individuals who, at various stages of the project, have offered helpful advice and assistance. We are grateful, first of all, for the unflagging cooperation of our contributors, who have worked with us through multiple rounds of revision and patiently supported this project despite unforeseen delays. No collection of essays sees publication without the help of many people. Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters Contributors Index The Orthodox Heresy of Buddhist Funerals George J. The Price of Naming the Dead: Posthumous Precept Names and Critiques of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism Stephen G. The Structure of Japanese Buddhist Funerals Mariko Namba Walter BlumĪt the Crossroads of Birth and Death: The Blood Pool Hell and Postmortem Fetal Extraction Hank Glassmanįunerary Zen: So¯to¯ Zen Death Management in Tokugawa Japan Duncan Ryu ¯ ken Williams RuppertĬollective Suicide at the Funeral of Jitsunyo: Mimesis or Solidarity? Mark L. Stoneīeyond Death and the Afterlife: Considering Relic Veneration in Medieval Japan Brian O. With the Help of ‘‘Good Friends’’: Deathbed Ritual Practices in Early Medieval Japan Jacqueline I. Mukaeko¯: Practice for the Deathbed Sarah Johanna Horton Designed by University of Hawai‘i Press Production Staff Printed by The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group Walter, Mariko Namba BQ5020.D43 2008 294.3 043880952-dc22 2008010428 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist-Japan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Death and the afterlife in Japanese Buddhism / edited by Jacqueline I. ( 2009 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 11 10 09

Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism
