TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kazunori, Higuchi
ED  - translated by Waku Miller
TI  - Holy foolery: in the life of Japan 
SN  - 9784924971400
U1  - 398.240952 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Japan
PB  - International House of Japan
KW  - Holy fools
KW  - History
KW  - Japan
KW  - Fool literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Sacred and secular
KW  - Religion and humor
KW  - Laughter
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Social change
KW  - Globalization
N1  - includes index
N2  - On the following pages, we will retrace the origins and evolution of holy foolery in Japan. We will witness its near extinguishment through the process of modernization and globalization. We will see why Japan needs holy foolery more than ever. And we will identify contemporary traces that suggest a basis for optimism about laughter's possible resurgence." from inside jacket cover
ER  -