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Coffinman : The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician
Coffinman The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician
Author: Taitetsu Unno
This story looks at one man's very personal struggle to engage his Shin Buddhist faith to make sense of his experiences with the dead and dying. Shinmon Aoki is forced by extreme financial circumstances into a job in one of the most despised professions in Japanese society, that of the nokanfu, one who washes and prepares dead bodies for ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780972139502
ISBN-10: 0972139508
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Pages: 142
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Publisher: Buddhist Education Center
Book Type: Paperback
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