Title:
Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey
Author:
Mockett, Marie Mutsuki, author.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton, [2015]
Physical Description:
xii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
"Seeking consolation [after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster of 2011], Mockett is guided by a colorful cast of Zen priests and ordinary Japanese who perform rituals that disturb, haunt, and finally uplift her. Her journey leads her into the radiation zone in an intricate white hazmat suit; to Eiheiji, a school for Zen Buddhist monks; on a visit to a Crab Lady and Fuzzy-Headed Priests temple on Mount Doom; and into the 'thick dark' of the subterranean labyrinth under Kiyomizu temple, among other twists and turns"--Amazon.com.
Language:
English
Contents:
The disaster -- The temple -- The great parting -- Winter demons -- Spring blossoms -- Buddha on the archipelago: a history in five lessons -- Sitting together -- Eating together -- The little princess -- Parting the atoms -- Where the dead go -- Underworld -- Summer visitors -- Farewell to old souls -- Autumn colors -- The blind medium -- Darth Vader -- Message from the other world.
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ISBN:
9780393063011
Format :
Book
