Ceremony and ritual in Japan : religious practices in an industrialised society / edited by Jan van Bremen and D.P. Martinez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"First published in 1995. First issued in paperback ed 2011".

Introduction: The myth of the secularization of industrialized societies / Jan van Bremen -- 1. Wedding and funeral ritual: Analysing a moving target / Robert J. Smith -- 2. Rituality in the ken game / Sepp Linhart -- 3. The parish of a famous shrine: The influence of rites and ceremonials on urban life. The sanctuary of Ebisu in Nishinomiya / Sylvie Guichard-Anguis -- 4. On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death: Collective forms of death rituals in Morimachi / Halldor Stefansson -- 5. Orchestrated reciprocity: Belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual / Jane M. Bachnik -- 6. Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies: Focusing on Mount Koya / Hirochika Nakamaki -- 7. A Japanese Shinto parade: Does it 'say' anything and if so, what? / Arne Kalland -- 8. Women and ritual / D.P. Martinez -- 9. Sonaemono: Ritual gifts to the deities / Jane Cobbi -- 10. The ritual of the revolving towel / Joy Hendry.

11. Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind: Cleaning as a ritual process / Ian Reader -- Conclusion: The rituals of urbanity: Temporal forms and spatial forms in Japanese and French cities / Augustin Berque.