10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTSUDAN»
Discover the use of
butsudan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
butsudan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan
The Butsudan Whereas okiyome is the primary weapon against spirit possession,
the worship of ancestral spirits at the Buddhist memorial altar (butsudan) is also
important. Knowing how to feed and worship the spirits of one's ancestors has ...
2
Ceremony and Symbolism in the Japanese Home
The butsudan and the festival of obon In the older farm houses the Buddhist altar,
called the butsudan, had its own special space. This was the butsuma ('room for
the butsudan') and it was often located in an inner or rear part of the house (see ...
Michael Jeremy, Michael Ernest Robinson, 1989
3
Japanese Religions at Home and Abroad: Anthropological ...
regions set up their butsudan in a special room set aside for Buddhist worship,
while others had only a box butsudan. The former were primarily large-scale
farmers or main family lineages, while the latter were usually small-scale farmers
or ...
4
Religion in Contemporary Japan
Some households will keep a general memorial tablet made for all these
unnamed ancestors in the butsudan. The butsudan in which the that are placed is
the prime focus of ancestor worship and Buddhist ritual in the home. It is basically
a ...
5
New Wine: The Cultural Shaping of Japanese Christianity
GRAPH 8 SENSE OF CONNECTION WITH THE ANCESTORS Japanese
Christian Japanese § With butsudan With butsudan % No butsudan No butsudan
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 There are times when I feel I have never felt closely closely ...
6
Beihefte Der Zeitschrift Für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
Christianity is profoundly influenced by the ancestor-faith, which has its focus in
the butsudan. »9i A study of the Christian families in Shimo Fukuda revealed a
definite change over the years in their attitude towards traditional ancestor ...
(About myself) In the US, we use the Japanese word Butsudan, based on
theirwordButsu, or Buddha, to describe the miniature houses, some more
elaborate than others, that all Buddhists use as altars in their homes. One of the
superstitions ...
Peter Friedrich Schellin, 2011
8
Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family
This particular cabinet, however, turned out to be a makeshift butsudan (ancestral
altar). The most common kind of butsudan is a standing cabinet, wherein the ihai
are kept. Butsudan also have a lower drawer, which usually holds certificates, ...
Matthews Masayuki Hamabata, 1991
Forms. and. Occasions. of. Butsudan. Worship. main categories. 1. Those rites
which involve some kind of offering, most commonly of rice and water or tea. In
some families such offerings are made before every meal, in others it seems to ...
10
Issei Buddhism in the Americas
She was really worried about how to take care of the Jizō!33 Creolization
between Japanese and Brazilian practices is also evident in the issue of who is
responsible for looking after the butsudan. Traditionally in Japan, the chōnan (the
eldest ...
Duncan Ryūken Williams, Tomoe Moriya, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTSUDAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
butsudan is used in the context of the following news items.
Remembering Buddhas in Japan
These include the veneration of a Buddhist altar (butsudan) installed in a room of the home, regular visits to cemeteries by loved ones, and an ... «OUPblog, May 15»
Celebration to Mark 2nd Anniversary of Tuna Canyon's Monument …
An exhibit of butsudan (Buddhist shrines) made in the Poston, Ariz. concentration from the Sugano family of Senshin Buddhist Temple and ... «The Rafu Shimpo, May 15»
Japanese-Americans halt auction of internment camp artefacts
In her own home sits a butsudan, or Shinto shrine, made of scrap timber by her father while he was incarcerated. Ms Oda, 69, and her siblings ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
Japanese Americans' protests halt auction of internment camp items
April 16, 8:22 p.m.: An earlier version of this article referred to a Shinto shrine in Nancy Oda's home as a butsudan. A butsudan is a Buddhist ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
Grinding on
With no place to call home and no butsudan (household altar) for her son, Mrs Yoshida says she cannot properly mourn him—a photograph on ... «The Economist, Feb 15»
Remaking Toyota
Toyoda says he often channels inspiration from Kiichiro in quiet moments before the family butsudan, or Buddhist altar, at his home outside ... «Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East - Business news and analysis, Jan 15»
Survivors Pulled From Ruins After Quake in Japan
... the head or broken bones caused by falling furniture and “butsudan,” household Buddhist shrines that are mounted on walls, the police said. «New York Times, Nov 14»
Gwenaël Nicolas, Interior and Product Designer
“Here I come expecting to design cars and digital cameras, but instead he asked me to design a Butsudan [a Buddhist shrine found in some ... «The Business of Fashion, Nov 14»
Grateful for the Dead
The same kind of respect is shown at the butsudan or family altar in many Japanese Buddhist homes where individual families honor their ... «Patheos, Oct 14»
Buddhists Leave as Lava Nears Precious Hawaii Wetland
Among the items members began moving Sunday was the Butsudan, or altar, which arrived in Pahoa from Japan in 1931, Shimoda said. (0:45) ... «NBCNews.com, Sep 14»
