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Book Title: Bonds Of The Dead: Temples, Burial, And The Transformation O...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Mark Michael Rowe
Publication Name: Bonds of the Dead : Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Series: Buddhism and Modernity Ser.
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
