Japanese Tree Burial: Ecology, Kinship And The Culture Of Death (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)

Tree burial has become highly popular, and is a highly-effective means of promoting the rehabilitation of Japanese forestland critically damaged by post-war government mismanagement. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the phenomenon of tree burial, tracing its development, discussing the factors which motivate Japanese people to choose tree burial, and examining the impact of tree burial on traditional views of death, memorialisation, and the afterlife.

• | Author: Sébastien Penmellen Boret
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 23, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415517060
• | ISBN-13: 9780415517065