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Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices by Geoffrey Bownas - 1963

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Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices by Geoffrey Bownas - 1963

Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices

by Geoffrey Bownas

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George Allen & Unwin, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good/Very Good condition. First edition, first printing. No markings to the text block. Previous owner's markings on the front free end paper. DJ in Brodart cover.

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  • Publisher George Allen & Unwin
  • Date Published 1963
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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JAPANESE RAINMAKING and Other Folk Practices

by Bownas, Geoffrey

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George Allen & Unwin, London. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. > Edition/Printing: Stated First edition | Boards have soiling, corner and edge wear. Interior is lightly tanned, no markings. Dust jacket, soiling, corner and edge wear. Light creasing. Price clipped. In Mylar protector. Year 1963. 176 pages.
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New. The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to record significant local variations and to construct a general account of the history and purpose of the ceremony. Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture. The chapter order follows the year cycle, from New Year via early summer purificatory festivals and rainmaking ceremonial to the feast of Bon, which with New Year ceremonies divides the year. Alongside these community or public rites are described private or family rituals concerned with birth, marriage and death. The introductory chapter relates aspects of Japanese culture, myth and language to the constant features of folk practice recorded or extant in 1950s Japan. Originally published in 1963.
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Routledge, 2013. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 175 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.
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Japanese Rainmaking and other Folk Practices

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Japanese Rainmaking and other Folk Practices

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Routledge, 2013. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 175 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.
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