Comments on: Months in the Japanese Calendar http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/23/months-in-the-japanese-calendar/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ロバート http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/23/months-in-the-japanese-calendar/#comment-1718 ロバート Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:00 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3455#comment-1718 Liza Dalby (of Geisha fame) kept a journal for a year using a Chinese system that was adopted by Japan. There were 72 4-day divisions with suitably poetic names. http://www.lizadalby.com/LD/72_seasons.html Apart from seasonality and the odd festival I'm not sure one day was that different from the next for most people in pre-industrial societies. Are Japanese religions as calender based as Christianity? Are lucky and unlucky days arbitrary or cyclic? I wonder. Liza Dalby (of Geisha fame) kept a journal for a year using a Chinese system that was adopted by Japan. There were 72 4-day divisions with suitably poetic names.
http://www.lizadalby.com/LD/72_seasons.html

Apart from seasonality and the odd festival I’m not sure one day was that different from the next for most people in pre-industrial societies. Are Japanese religions as calender based as Christianity? Are lucky and unlucky days arbitrary or cyclic? I wonder.

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