Reviews
"In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuy=o, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality., "In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement "In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuy=o, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement "In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuyo, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement"In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuyo, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement"In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuyÅ, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement "In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our own culture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuy?, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers gripping, often extraordinary, insights into worlds we know very little of, together with pointers towards how we might learn to deal with loss and grieving and come to terms with our own morality."--The Times Literary Supplement"In this incredibly good book Bardwell Smith shows us how one kind of parental bereavement fits into a cultural setting that is both different from and like our own...Smith with his humane attitude and clear writing style is a good teacher. The glossary of Japanese terms is extensive and pithy...Bardwell Smith has given us a book that allows us to understand parental grief from a Japanese perspective and thus give us a new perspective on grief in our ownculture."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying"Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity offers a thorough, interdisciplinary, and sensitive examniation of mizuko kuy=o, one that will inform discussions of the topic for years to come." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Table of Content
PrefacePART ONE: Approaching the Worlds of Mizuko1. Mizuko Kuyo: Memorial Services for Child Loss in Japan2. Architectural, Iconographic, Doctrinal Features of Mizuko Kuyo3. Situating the Rites of Mourning: Two Temples and a Variety of Visitors4. The Phenomena of Mizuko Kuyo: Responses to Pregnancy LossPART TWO: Deciphering the Worlds of Pregnancy Loss: Women, Men, and the Unborn5. Japanese Woman as Housewife, Mother, and Worker: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1868-2010)6. Ancestors, Angry Spirits, and the Unborn: Caring for the Dead on the Path to Ancestorhood7. Mothers, Society, and Pregnancy Loss: Rethinking the Meaning of NurturePART THREE: Relating Mizuko Rei to the Larger Worlds of Profound Loss8. The Revival of Death, the Rebirth of Grieving, and Ways of Mourning9. Rituals of Affliction; An Invitation to SobrietyAPPENDICES:1. Adashino Nenbutsuji, English language text of Mizuko kuyo service2. Yvonne Rand, Jizo: Protector of Travelers into and out of Life3. Sai-no-kawara text, tr. of Manabe Kosai. Jizo-bosatsu no kenkyu [Research on Jizo Bodhisattva]. Kyoto: Sanmitsudo shoten, 1960.4. Yasuo Sakakibara, Economic Development and Temple Economics in JapanNotesGlossaryBibliographyNote on TransliterationAcknowledgementsIndex, PREFACE PART ONE: Approaching the Worlds of Mizuko 1. Mizuko Kuyo: Memorial Services for Child Loss in Japan 2. Architectural, Iconographic, Doctrinal Features of Mizuko Kuyo 3. Situating the Rites of Mourning: Two Temples and a Variety of Visitors 4. The Phenomena of Mizuko Kuyo: Responses to Pregnancy Loss PART TWO: Deciphering the Worlds of Pregnancy Loss: Women, Men, and the Unborn 5. Japanese Woman as Housewife, Mother, and Worker: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1868-2010) 6. Ancestors, Angry Spirits, and the Unborn: Caring for the Dead on the Path to Ancestorhood 7. Mothers, Society, and Pregnancy Loss: Rethinking the Meaning of Nurture PART THREE: Relating Mizuko Rei to the Larger Worlds of Profound Loss 8. The Revival of Death, the Rebirth of Grieving, and Ways of Mourning 9. Rituals of Affliction; An Invitation to Sobriety APPENDICES: 1. Adashino Nenbutsuji, English language text of Mizuko kuyo service 2. Yvonne Rand, Jizo: Protector of Travelers into and out of Life 3. Sai-no-kawara text, tr. of Manabe Kosai. Jizo-bosatsu no kenkyu [Research on Jizo Bodhisattva]. Kyoto: Sanmitsudo shoten, 1960. 4. Yasuo Sakakibara, Economic Development and Temple Economics in Japan NOTES GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX
