000			01221nam a22002657a 4500
999			_c39773 _d39773
020			_a9784924971400
041			_aeng
082			_a398.240952 _bKAZ-H
100			_aKazunori, Higuchi _eauthor
245			_aHoly foolery : _bin the life of Japan / _cHiguchi Kazunori
260			_aJapan : _bInternational House of Japan, _c2015.
300			_axxiii, 219p.
504			_aincludes index.
520			_aOn 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aHoly fools _xHistory _zJapan
650			_aFool literature _xHistory and criticism _zJapan
650			_aSacred and secular _zJapan
650			_aReligion and humor _zJapan
650			_aLaughter _xReligious aspects _zJapan
650			_aSocial change _xReligious aspects _zJapan
650			_aGlobalization _xReligious aspects _zJapan
710			_atranslated by Waku Miller
942			_2ddc _cBK