books.google.com - This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 A.D.). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts--the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and the Man'yoshu, an anthology of poetry--it argues that double burial...http://books.google.com/books/about/Ritual_Poetry_and_the_Politics_of_Death.html?id=pdv_oyEq4VQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRitual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan
