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Ritual Practice in Modern Japan: Ordering Place, People, and Action by Satsuki Kawano Paperback, 164 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-8248-2934-4 / 0824829344 ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2934-6 / 9780824829346 National surveys indicate that most Japanese, while professing no religious commitment, frequently perform rituals: They regularly tend their family home altars, look after family graves, participate in neighborhood festivals, and visit Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Are these rituals mere for |