| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: | List of Illustrations | | | Preface | | | Acknowledgments | | | Pt. 1 | Original Concepts | | | Ch. 1 | Behind the Great Buddha | 3 | | Ch. 2 | A World of Water and Words | 14 | | Ch. 3 | Social Death, Social Birth | 30 | | Ch. 4 | Jizo at the Crossroads | 44 | | Pt. 2 | Historical Processes | | | Ch. 5 | Edo: An Era in View | 69 | | Ch. 6 | Edo: Population | 89 | | Ch. 7 | Edo: Polemics | 103 | | Ch. 8 | Sex, War, and Peace | 119 | | Pt. 3 | Contemporary Issues | | | Ch. 9 | Apology | 143 | | Ch. 10 | Moral Swamps | 160 | | Ch. 11 | A Rational, National Family | 177 | | Ch. 12 | Crossovers | 198 | | Conclusion | 214 | | Appendix: "The Way to Memorialize One's Mizuko" | 221 | | Notes | 225 | | Bibliography | 243 | | Index | 253 |
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