Mourning the Unborn Dead

Mourning the Unborn Dead

A Buddhist Ritual Comes to America

by Jeff
4/5

Many Western visitors to Japan have been struck by the numerous cemeteries for aborted fetuses, which are characterized by throngs of images of the Bodhisattva Jizo, usually dressed in red baby aprons or other baby garments, and each dedicated to an indiv.

First published
2009
Publishers
Oxford University Press· Incorporated
Language
English

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